Phenotypic and molecular characterization of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis associated with an outbreak in Bahia, Brazil

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 56-59

  Gorla, Maria Cecília O ^a   De Lemos, Ana Paula S ^a   Quaresma, Márcia ^b   Vilasboas, Rita ^c   Marques, Orgali ^b   De Sá, Márcia U ^c   Ogassavara, Cinthya T ^a   Brandileone, Maria Cristina De C ^a   Harrison, Lee H ^d   Dias, Juarez ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Center for Epidemiology   (Brazil)

^c Central Laboratory of Public Health of Bahia State   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neisseria meningitidis; Outbreak; Serogroup C

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CONTACT TRACING; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; PHENOTYPE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856713549     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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