Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 isolates associated with the ET-37 complex [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 428-429

  Popovic, Tanja ^a   Sacchi, C T ^a   Reeeves, M W ^a   Whitney, A M ^a   Mayer, L W ^a   Noble, C A ^a   Ajello, G W ^a   Mostashari, F ^a,b   Bendana, N ^c   Lingappa, J ^a   Hajjeh, Rana ^a   Rosenstein, N E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c California Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0033900950     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0604.000423     Document Type: Letter

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