Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from an outbreak of meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men, Chicago, Illinois, 2003

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3768-3770

  Schmink, Susanna ^a   Watson, John T ^b   Coulson, Garry B ^a,c   Jones, Roderick C ^b   Diaz, Pamela S ^b   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a   Messonnier, Nancy ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^b   Fischer, Marc ^a  

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

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHICAGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP C;

EID: 36349036116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01190-07     Document Type: Article

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