Comparison of serogroup W-135 meningococci isolated in Sweden during a 23-year period and those associated with a recent hajj pilgrimage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2695-2699

  Molling P ^a   Backman A ^a   Olcen P ^a   Fredlund, H ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROTYPING; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0034958115     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.7.2695-2699.2001     Document Type: Article

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