Molecular epidemiology and emergence of worldwide epidemic clones of Neisseria meningitidis in Taiwan

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chiou, Chien Sun ^a   Liao, Jui Cheng ^a   Liao, Tsai Ling ^a   Li, Chun Chin ^a   Chou, Chen Ying ^a   Chang, Hsiu Li ^a   Yao, Shu Man ^a   Lee, Yeong Sheng ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; SEROTYPING; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 32944466148     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-25     Document Type: Article

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