title: [Carrying rate of Neissria meningitides in a healthy population in the Mianzhu post-earthquake residential area].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Technology, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Zi-Ren
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jiang-Li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Dong-Ling
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Zhang
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Heng-Chuan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: 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