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UnknownNCT02215564

Bordetella Pertussis Carriage in College-aged Students

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
150 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Virginia · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The objective in this observational cohort study of young adults sampled at three intervals during the academic year is to ascertain if there is carriage of B. pertussis in asymptomatic individuals. We hypothesize that in asymptomatic college students there is no carriage of B. pertussis detectable by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2014-10-01
Primary completion
2015-06-01
Completion
2015-08-01
First posted
2014-08-13
Last updated
2015-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02215564. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.