Characterization of serogroup C meningococci isolated from 14 provinces of China during 1966-2005 using comparative genomic hybridization

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-6

  Peng, JunPing ^a   Zhang, XiaoBing ^a   Yang, E ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Shao, ZhuJun ^b,c   Jin, Qi ^a  

^a National Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering   (China)

^b National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic hybridization; Neisseria meningitidis; ST 4821

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHINA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33847329150     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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