Molecular characterization of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis isolated in China

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1224-1229

  Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Shao, Zhujun ^a   Yang, E ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Xu, Xingye ^a   Li, Machao ^a   Ren, Jun ^b   Zhu, Yafang ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Liang, Xiaofeng ^a   Mayer, Leonard W ^c   Xu, Jianguo ^a   Jin, Qi ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34748895437     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47263-0     Document Type: Article

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