Distribution of serogroups and sequence types in disease-associated and carrier strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated in China between 2003 and 2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1296-1303

  Zhou, H ^a   Gao, Y ^a   Xu, L ^a   Li, M ^a   Li, Q ^a,b   Li, Y ^a   Liang, X ^a   Luo, H ^a   Kan, B ^a   Xu, J ^a   Shao, Z ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Infectious disease epidemiology; meningococcal disease; molecular epidemiology; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENYLATE KINASE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; SHIKIMATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

CARRIER STATE; CHINA; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84861073255     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001865     Document Type: Review

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