Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X sequence type 2888, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-360

  Fazio, Cecilia ^a   Starnino, Stefania ^a   Dal Soldà, Marina ^b   Sofia, Tonino ^a   Neri, Arianna ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a   Stefanelli, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria Locale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 76149110792     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.091553     Document Type: Letter

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