Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 472-473

  Rudolph, Karen M ^a   DeByle, Carolynn ^a   Reasonover, Alisa ^a   Zulz, Tammy ^a   Law, Dennis K S ^b   Zhou, Jianwei ^b   Tsang, Raymond S W ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PORIN A; PROTEIN PORB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; PORINS; SEROTYPING;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 78650880653     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01995-10     Document Type: Letter

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