Molecular epidemiology and emergence of worldwide epidemic clones of Neisseria meningitidis in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Meningococcal disease is infrequently found in Taiwan, a country with 23 million people. Between 1996 and 2002, 17 to 81 clinical cases of the disease were reported annually. Reported cases dramatically increased in 2001–2002. Our record shows that only serogroup B and W135 meningococci...

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Autores principales: Chiou, Chien-Shun, Liao, Jui-Cheng, Liao, Tsai-Ling, Li, Chun-Chin, Chou, Chen-Ying, Chang, Hsiu-Li, Yao, Shu-Man, Lee, Yeong-Sheng
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1431541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16478548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1431541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16478548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-25

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