Blar i forfatter Mastergradsoppgaver i folkehelsevitenskap "Kristiansen, Bjørn Erik"
-
The Telemark Meningococcal Project 1987-2007. Twenty years experience of preventing secondary cases of meningococcal disease by identification and erdication of the disease-causing strain of Neisseria meningitidis in close contacts of patients with primary meningococcal disease
Kristiansen, Bjørn Erik (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2008-06-15)Once meningococcal disease occurs, the infection may spread leading to one or more secondary cases. The Telemark Meningococcal Project was initiated in 1987 to prevent secondary cases. By culture of throat samples from close contacts, meningococci were identified, and identity with the disease-causing strain from the patient was determined by DNA based typing techniques. Contacts carrying the ...