Meningitis caused by a serogroup W135 clone of the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis in west Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 742-746

  Kwara, A ^a   Adegbola, R A ^a   Corrah, P T ^a   Weber, M ^a   Achtman, M ^b   Morelli, G ^b   Caugant, D A ^c   Greenwood, B M ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meningococcus; Vaccination; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; MENINGITIS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MENINGOCOCCUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031679202     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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