MLEE and PFGE characterization of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C and B isolated in the Slovak Republic in 1998

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 60-65

  Karelova E ^a   Krizova P ^a   Musilek M ^a  

^a State Institute of Public Health Slovakia   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Slovak Republic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA RESTRICTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLOVAKIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0036083759     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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