[Carrying rate of Neissria meningitides in a healthy population in the Mianzhu post-earthquake residential area].
OBJECTIVE
To predict the possibility of epidemic outbreak of meningitis by testing Neissria Meningitides in a healthy population in the Mianzhu post-earthquake residential area.


METHODS
A simple random sampling strategy was adopted to collect 887 throat swabs from a healthy population in the Mainzhu post-earthquake residential area. The TaqMan assay were performed to detect Neissria Meningitides.


RESULTS
Three positive samples were identified.


CONCLUSIONS
The carrying rate of Neissria Meningitides is not high enough to bring about an epidemic outbreak of Meningitis. However, efforts to maintain a hygienic environment in the post-earthquake residential area should be continued.
Zhou
Zi-Ren
ZR
Department of Medical Technology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Liang
Jiang-Li
JL
Long
Dong-Ling
DL
Li
Qian
Q
Zhao
Xue-Zhang
XZ
Liu
Heng-Chuan
HC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012494:Sampling Studies