Three outbreakcausing Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clones, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1847-1850

  Barroso, David E ^a   Castiñeiras, Terezinha M P P ^b   Freitas, Fernanda S ^a   Marsh, Jane W ^c   Krauland, Mary G ^c   Tulenko, Mary M ^c   Fonseca, Érica L ^a   Vicente, Ana C P ^a   Rebelo, Maria C ^d   Cerqueira, Elaine O ^d   Xavier, Adriano C ^e   Cardozo, Ana P C M ^e   da Silva, Simone E M ^e   Harrison, Lee H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Health Department   (Brazil)

^e Cientificalab Laboratory Products and Systems   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VACCINATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLONES; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROGROUP C; SEROTYPING; TOPOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA; BRAZIL; CLONES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROGROUP C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887012034     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.130610     Document Type: Article

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