Genotypic characterization of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B strains circulating in China

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Yang, Li ^a,b   Shao, Zhujun ^b   Zhang, Xiaobing ^b   Xu, Li ^b   Peng, Junping ^b   Xu, Xingye ^b   Liang, Xiaofeng ^b   Qi, Yipeng ^a   Jin, Qi ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Genotype; Hyperinvasive lineages; Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Neisseria meningitidis; porA typing; Serogroup B

Indexed keywords

PORIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE POOL; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THROAT CULTURE;

CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 39549097539     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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