Clonal expansion of sequence type (ST-)5 and emergence of ST-7 in serogroup a meningococci, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 849-854

  Nicolas, Pierre ^a,b   Décousset, Laurent ^a   Riglet, Vincent ^a   Castelli, Philippe ^a   Stor, Richard ^a   Blanchet, Guy ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHAD; EPIDEMIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUDAN;

EID: 0035196375     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.010513     Document Type: Article

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