Serogroup B, electrophoretic type 15 Neisseria meningitidis in Canada

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1754-1757

  Kertesz, Daniel A ^a   Coulthart, Michael B ^a,b   Alan Ryan, J ^a   Johnson, Wendy M ^a   Ashton, Fraser E ^a  

^a LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b Bureau of Microbiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0031749813     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517439     Document Type: Article

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