Social behavior and meningococcal carriage in British teenagers

Jenny MacLennan; George Kafatos; Keith Neal; Nick Andrews; J. Claire Cameron; Richard Roberts; Meirion R. Evans; Kathy Cann; David N. Baxter; Martin C J Maiden; James M. Stuart

doi:10.3201/eid1206.051297

Social behavior and meningococcal carriage in British teenagers

Jenny MacLennan, George Kafatos, Keith Neal, Nick Andrews, J. Claire Cameron, Richard Roberts, Meirion R. Evans, Kathy Cann, David N. Baxter, Martin C J Maiden, James M. Stuart

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Understanding predisposing factors for meningococcal carriage may identify targets for public health interventions. Before mass vaccination with meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine began in autumn 1999, we took pharyngeal swabs from ≈14,000 UK teenagers and collected information on potential risk factors. Neisseria meningitidis was cultured from 2,319 (16.7%) of 13,919 swabs. In multivariable analysis, attendance at pubs/clubs, intimate kissing, and cigarette smoking were each independently and strongly associated with increased risk for meningococcal carriage (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	950-957
Number of pages	7
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1206.051297
Publication status	Published - 2006

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