Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 clonal complex bearing capsule serogroups B, C, or W in Brazil

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 547-550

  Barroso, David E ^a   Castiñeiras, Terezinha M P P ^b   Cabral, Adriana C ^a   Vicente, Ana C P ^a   Rebelo, Maria C ^c   Cerqueira, Elaine O ^c   Tulenko, Mary M ^d   Marsh, Jane W ^d   Krauland, Mary G ^d   Harrison, Lee H ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Central Laboratory Noel Nutels   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84876822764     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.01.002     Document Type: Letter

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