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Prevalence of meningococcal carriage among male university students living in dormitories in Kerman, southeast of Iran

Mohammad SadeghiDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Roya AhmadrajabiDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Tania DeheshDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Fereshteh SaffariDepartment of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 329-333 | Published online: 29 Aug 2018

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