Deletion of the meningococcal fetA gene used for antigen sequence typing of invasive and commensal isolates from Germany: Frequencies and mechanisms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2960-2964

  Claus, Heike ^a   Elias, Johannes ^a   Meinhardt, Christine ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Vogel, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FERRIC ENTEROCHELIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKINA FASO; COMMENSAL; FETA GENE; GENE DELETION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 34548679811     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00696-07     Document Type: Article

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