Application of multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis to identify outbreak-associated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C sequence type 4821 in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shan, Xiaoying ^a,b,c,d   Zhou, Haijian ^b,d   Zhang, Ji ^c   Zhu, Bingqing ^b,d   Xu, Li ^b,d   Hu, Guangchun ^c   Bai, Aiying ^c   Shao, Zhujun ^b,d   Jiang, Baofa ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTI LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP C;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84956626010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116422     Document Type: Article

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