Molecular characterization of invasive serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in the Latin America region

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-114

  Abad, Raquel ^a   Agudelo, Clara I ^f   Brandileone, M Cristina ^b   Chanto, Grettel ^c   Gabastou, Jean Marc ^d   Hormazabal, Juan Carlos ^e   Cecilia O Gorla, M ^b   Maldonado, Aurora ^e   Moreno, Jaime ^f   Muros Le Rouzic, Erwan ^g   Lersch, Robert ^g   Regueira, Mabel ^h   Salcedo, Celia ^a   Sorhouet, Cecilia ^h   Vázquez, Julio A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c PROYECTO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO GUANACASTE   (Costa Rica)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Ecuador)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^g SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Meningococci; Molecular characterization; Serogroup Y

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; PORINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149165780     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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