Molecular characteristics of neisseria meningitidis isolated during an outbreak in a jail: Association with the spread and distribution of st-4821 complex serogroup c clone in China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 331-337

  Ji, Zhang ^a   Jian, Zhou Hai ^b   Li, Xu ^b   Chun, Hu Guang ^a   Hua, Zhang Xue ^a   Ping, Xu Sheng ^a   Yu, Liu Zun ^a   Jun, Shao Zhu ^b  

^a Jinan Junqu Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

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

Author keywords

Multilocus sequence typing; Neisseria meningitidis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Serogroup C; ST 4821

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNX; PRISON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROGROUP C; ST-4821;

MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROGROUP C; ST-4821;

CARRIER STATE; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNX; PRISONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881253956     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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