Increasing incidence of meningococcal disease in Spain associated with a new variant of serogroup C

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Berron S ^a   De La Fuente, L ^a   Martin E ^a   Vazquez J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonality; Genotyping; Meningococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031780772     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01682161     Document Type: Article

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