A study on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among dormitory residents

A study on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among dormitory residents - A study on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among dormitory residents

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000026546

Enrollment

350

Registered

2017-03-14

Start date

2018-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Dormitory residents

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who had received antibiotics within one month before the study and those with acute respiratory infections

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pharyngeal carriage rate of N. meningitidis	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Characteristics of isolated N. miningitidis and relationship between carriage and social behaviors	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactAtsuhiro Kanayama

National Defense Medical College Division of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control, National Defense Medical Research Institut

kanayama@ndmc.ac.jp04-2995-1211

Outcome results