Association of a bacteriophage with meningococcal disease in young adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Bille, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Ure, Roisin ^d,g   Gray, Stephen J ^e   Kaczmanrski, Edward B ^e   McCarthy, Noel D ^d   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c   Maiden, Martin C J ^d   Tinsley, Colin R ^a,b,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^g STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELL CLONE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549114614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003885     Document Type: Article

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