Rapid epidemiological characterization of Neisseria meningitidis by a non culture typing method using polymerization chain reaction;Caracterisation epidemiologique rapide de Neisseria meningitidis par reaction de polymerisation en chaine a partir des prelevements biologiques

Presse Medicale

Volumn 26, Issue 32, 1997, Pages 1516-1519

  Giorgini, D ^a   Nassif, X ^b   Taha, M K ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031586432     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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