Prevalence and genetic diversity of two adhesion-related genes, pilE and nadA, in Neisseria meningitidis in China

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2163-2172

  Sun, X ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Xu, L ^a   Yang, H ^a   Gao, Y ^a   Zhu, B ^a   Shao, Z ^a  

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NADA GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILE GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHINA; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84883335365     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002944     Document Type: Article

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