Genotypic comparison of invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y isolates from the United States, South Africa, and Israel, isolated from 1999 through 2002

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2787-2793

  Whitney, Anne M ^a,f   Coulson, Garry B ^b   Von Gottberg, Anne ^b   Block, Colin ^c,d   Keller, Nathan ^c,d   Mayer, Leonard W ^a   Messonnier, Nancy E ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^b,e  

^a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; ISRAEL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; PHYLOGENY; PORINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 69949090648     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00091-09     Document Type: Article

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