TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between parental occupation and children's oropharyngeal colonization with Neisseria meningitidis
AU - King, W. James
AU - MacDonald, Noni E.
AU - Wells, George
AU - Manion, Doug
AU - Chan, Frank
AU - Allen, Upton D.
PY - 1995/6
Y1 - 1995/6
N2 - We explored, during an outbreak of meningococcal disease, whether children of parents with workplace exposure to children were at increased risk of oropharyngeal colonization with Neisseria meningitidis. In comparison with children of parents without workplace exposure to children, the risk of colonization was not increased (odds ratio 0 = 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 0.56 to 4.72). Therefore a parent's occupation does not appear to increase the risk of their children's colonization with N. meningitidis. (J PEDIATR 1995;126:937-9).
AB - We explored, during an outbreak of meningococcal disease, whether children of parents with workplace exposure to children were at increased risk of oropharyngeal colonization with Neisseria meningitidis. In comparison with children of parents without workplace exposure to children, the risk of colonization was not increased (odds ratio 0 = 1.62; 95% confidence interval, 0.56 to 4.72). Therefore a parent's occupation does not appear to increase the risk of their children's colonization with N. meningitidis. (J PEDIATR 1995;126:937-9).
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70214-8
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70214-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 7776099
AN - SCOPUS:0029071478
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 126
SP - 937
EP - 939
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 6
ER -