Microevolution through DNA exchange among strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated during an outbreak in the Czech Republic

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Kriz, Paula ^a   Giorgini, Dario ^b   Musilek, Martin ^a   Larribe, Mireille ^b   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Allelic replacement; Capsule switch; Epidemic; Molecular typing; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PILA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032709440     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80052-7     Document Type: Article

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