Characterization of fHbp, nhba (gna2132), nadA, porA, and sequence type in group B meningococcal case isolates collected in England and Wales during January 2008 and potential coverage of an investigational group B meningococcal vaccine

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 919-929

  Lucidarme, Jay ^a   Comanducci, Maurizio ^b   Findlow, Jamie ^a   Gray, Stephen J ^a   Kaczmarski, Edward B ^a   Guiver, Malcolm ^a   Vallely, Pamela J ^c   Oster, Philipp ^b   Pizza, Mariagrazia ^b   Bambini, Stefania ^b   Muzzi, Alessandro ^b   Borrow, Ray ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR H BINDING PROTEIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; NEISSERIAL ADHESIN A; NEISSERIAL HEPARIN BINDING ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENGLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; WALES;

EID: 77953154159     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00027-10     Document Type: Article

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