Epidemics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis of subgroup III in Africa, 1989-94

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-120

  Guibourdenche, M ^a   Hoiby E A ^b   Riou, J Y ^a   Varaine, F ^c   Joguet, C ^d   Caugant, D A ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c EPICENTRE   (France)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BURUNDI; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLONE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; GAMBIA; GUINEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGER; NONHUMAN; RWANDA; SEROTYPING; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0029967528     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880005233X     Document Type: Article

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