Multilocus sequence typing and porA gene sequencing differentiates strains of Neisseria meningitidis during case clusters

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 160-162

  Clarke, Stuart C ^a   Diggle, M A ^a   Edwards, G F S ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; SORE THROAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0036385770     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2002.11978034     Document Type: Article

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