Genetic diversity of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, evaluated by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-239

  De Filippis, I ^a   Salles, C A ^a   Zahner, V ^a   Do Nascimento, C R S ^a   Momen, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemic strain; ET 5 complex; Meningococcal infection; Vaccine strain

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; VACCINES;

CLUSTERINGS; ELECTROPHORETIC TYPE-5 COMPLEX; EPIDEMIC STRAIN; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION; MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; VACCINE STRAINS;

ELECTROPHORESIS;

GENETIC VARIATION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 4444318548     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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