title: Risk factors for carriage of Neisseria meningitidis during an outbreak in Wales.
abstract: In a school outbreak of meningococcal disease in Wales, we compared risk factors for the carriage of Neisseria meningitidis B15 P1.16 with carriage of any meningococci. Students had throat swabs and completed a questionnaire. Sixty (7.9%) carried meningococci; risk for carriage was higher in those >14 years of age.
authors.affiliation: PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (Wales), Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology