Meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B serotype 4 in São Paulo, Brazil, 1990 to 1996

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Sacchi, Claudio Tavares ^a   De Lemos, Ana Paula Silva ^a   Camargo, Maria Claudia C ^b   Whitney, Anne M ^c   Melles, Carmo Elias A ^a   Solari, Claude André ^d   Frasch, Carl E ^e   Mayer, Leonard W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Ctr Epidemiol Vigilance S P   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0032009798     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000200001     Document Type: Article

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