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. 2011 Sep;17(9):1762-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1709.101762.

Carriage of meningococci by university students, United Kingdom

Dlawer A A Ala'aldeen, Neil J Oldfield, Fadil A Bidmos, Noha M Abouseada, Nader W Ahmed, David P J Turner, Keith R Neal, Christopher D Bayliss

Carriage of meningococci by university students, United Kingdom

Dlawer A A Ala'aldeen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Sep.
No abstract available

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