W135 invasive meningococcal infections imported from Sub-Saharan Africa to France, January to April 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Parent du Chatelet I ^a   Barboza, P ^a   Taha, M K ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETA GENE; FRANCE; GENE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORA GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VACCINATION; W135 INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCOSIS;

EID: 84862835251     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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