Epidemic spread of subgroup III of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A to South Africa in 1996

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1214-1220

  McGee, Lesley ^a   Koornhof, Hendrik J ^b   Caugant, Dominique A ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032466551     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514971     Document Type: Article

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