Meningococcal Carriage in Military Recruits and University Students during the Pre MenB Vaccination Era in Greece (2014-2015)

Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou; Konstantinos Kesanopoulos; Athanasia Xirogianni; Nektarios Marmaras; Anastasia Papandreou; Vassiliki Papaevangelou; Maria Tsolia; Aftab Jasir; Georgina Tzanakaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167404

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Meningococcal Carriage in Military Recruits and University Students during the Pre MenB Vaccination Era in Greece (2014-2015)

Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou,

Affiliations National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece, European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM), European Centre For Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Konstantinos Kesanopoulos,

Affiliation National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Athanasia Xirogianni,

Affiliation National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Nektarios Marmaras,

Affiliation National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Anastasia Papandreou,

Affiliation National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Vassiliki Papaevangelou,

Affiliation Third Department of Paediatrics University General Hospital ATTIKON National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Maria Tsolia,

Affiliation Second Dept of Paediatrics “Aglaia Kyriakou” Children’s Hospital, School of Medicine, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Aftab Jasir,

Affiliation European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM), European Centre For Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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Georgina Tzanakaki

* E-mail: gtzanakaki@esdy.edu.gr; gtzanakaki@gmail.com

Affiliation National Meningitis Reference Laboratory (NMRL), Dept of Public Health, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Meningococcal Carriage in Military Recruits and University Students during the Pre MenB Vaccination Era in Greece (2014-2015)

Kyriaki Tryfinopoulou,
Konstantinos Kesanopoulos,
Athanasia Xirogianni,
Nektarios Marmaras,
Anastasia Papandreou,
Vassiliki Papaevangelou,
Maria Tsolia,
Aftab Jasir,
Georgina Tzanakaki

Published: December 1, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167404

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