Genotypic characteristics of neisseria meningitidis serogroup w-135 strains isolated as the agent of fatal meningitis in a military hospital;Bir askeri hastanede fatal menenjit etkeni olarak izole edilen neisseria meningitidis serogrup w-135 suşlarinin genotipik özellkleri

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-517

  Kiliç, Abdullah ^a   Jolley, Keith A ^b   Beşrbellioģlu, Bülent ^a   Koçak, Nafiz ^c   Bedir, Orhan ^a   Eyigün, Can Polat ^a   Başustaoǧlu, Ahmet Celal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Isparta Asker Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fatal meningitis; Military recruits; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup w 7 35; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CARRIER STATE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; TURKEY;

EID: 69249150938     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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