Serogroup X in meningococcal disease, Western Kenya [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 944-945

  Materu, Sadiki ^a   Cox, Helen S ^b,e   Isaakidis, Petros ^b   Baruani, Bienvenu ^b   Ogaro, Thomas ^c   Caugant, Dominique A ^d  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34249987055     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.070042     Document Type: Letter

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