Viable Neisseria meningitidis is commonly present in saliva in healthy young adults: Non-invasive sampling and enhanced sensitivity of detection in a follow-up carriage study in Portuguese students

Fernanda Rodrigues; Hannah Christensen; Begonia Morales-Aza; Paulina Sikora; Elizabeth Oliver; Jennifer Oliver; Jay Lucidarme; Robin Marlow; Luís Januário; Adam Finn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209905

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Viable Neisseria meningitidis is commonly present in saliva in healthy young adults: Non-invasive sampling and enhanced sensitivity of detection in a follow-up carriage study in Portuguese students

Fernanda Rodrigues ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: rodriguesfmp@gmail.com

Affiliations Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5820-5215

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Hannah Christensen,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Begonia Morales-Aza,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Paulina Sikora,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Oliver,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jennifer Oliver,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jay Lucidarme,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Robin Marlow,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Luís Januário,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Adam Finn

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations School of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Viable Neisseria meningitidis is commonly present in saliva in healthy young adults: Non-invasive sampling and enhanced sensitivity of detection in a follow-up carriage study in Portuguese students

Fernanda Rodrigues,
Hannah Christensen,
Begonia Morales-Aza,
Paulina Sikora,
Elizabeth Oliver,
Jennifer Oliver,
Jay Lucidarme,
Robin Marlow,
Luís Januário,
Adam Finn

Published: February 11, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209905

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