Immunochemical studies and genetic background of two Neisseria meningitidis isolates expressing unusual capsule polysaccharide antigens with specificities of both serogroup Y and W135

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Tsai, Chao Ming ^b   Henderson, Averil M ^a   Tyler, Shaun ^a   Law, Dennis K S ^a   Zollinger, Wendell ^c   Jamieson, Frances ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

N. meningitidis; Serogroup Y; W135

Indexed keywords

GENETIC BACKGROUND; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGENS;

DISEASE CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ANTIGENS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY W135; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Y; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; HOMOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; LAGOMORPH; MENINGITIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; VACCINATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ONTARIO; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SIALIC ACIDS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 40849111436     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-132     Document Type: Article

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