Characterization of a new Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clone from China

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-66

  Peng, Junping ^a   Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Shao, Zhujun ^a,b   Yang, Li ^a,c   Jin, Qi ^a  

^a Viral Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of EOR   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CLONE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

CARRIER STATE; CHINA; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C;

EID: 37749053105     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701403010     Document Type: Article

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