Volume 6, Number 1—February 2000
Dispatch
Risk Factors for Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis during an Outbreak in Wales
Patricia E. Fitzpatrick*, Roland L. Salmon*
, Paul R. Hunter†, Richard J Roberts‡, and Stephen R. Palmer*
, Paul R. Hunter†, Richard J Roberts‡, and Stephen R. Palmer*Table 1
Subtyping of Neisseria meningitidis isolates in a Welsh secondary school
| Student group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Subtype | Overall | Questionnaire completed | Rate of carriage (%) |
| B | 17a | 14 | 2.2 |
| 29E | 7 | 6 | 0.9 |
| C | 4 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Y | 4 | 4 | 0.5 |
| Z | 2 | 0 | 0.3 |
| W135 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nontypable | 26 | 24 | 3.5 |
| Total | 61a | 53 | 8.1 |
aIncluding isolate from the single N. meningitidis-positive teacher.
