Influence of two vaccination campaigns on genetic diversity of invasive Neisseria meningitidis isolates in northern Spain (1997-2008)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Vicente, Diego ^a,b   Esnal, Olatz ^b   de Goicoechea, M José López ^c   Cisterna, Ramón ^d   Pérez Trallero, Emilio ^a,b,e  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENCEVAX; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SEROTYPE; SPAIN; VACCINATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL CLONE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERIODICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949519799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008501     Document Type: Article

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