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Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates, Russia, 1957–1987

In the 1990s, the Newly Independent and Baltic States of the former Soviet Union experienced the largest diphtheria outbreak since the 1960s; it was caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains of a unique clonal group. To address its origin, we studied 47 clinical isolates from Russia and demonstr...

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Autores principales: Skogen, Vegard, Cherkasova, Valentina V., Maksimova, Nina, Marston, Chung K., Sjursen, Haakon, Reeves, Michael W., Olsvik, Ørjan, Popovic, Tanja
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010276