Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 348-349

  Shao, Zhujun ^a   Zhou, Haijian ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Ren, Hongyu ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Kan, Biao ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STIFF NECK; THROAT CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135;

EID: 76149133094     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.090901     Document Type: Letter

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