The elusive meningococcal meningitis serogroup: A systematic review of serogroup B epidemiology

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Racloz, Vanessa N ^a   Luiz, Silva J D ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Novartis Vaccines Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DRUG DESIGN; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PEER REVIEW; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953594002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-175     Document Type: Article

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