Capsule Switching among C:2b:P1.2,5 Meningococcal Epidemic Strains after Mass Immunization Campaign, Spain

A mass immunization campaign for 18-month to 19-year-olds was undertaken in Spain in 1996–1997 because of an epidemic of serogroup C meningococcal disease associated with a C:2b:P1.2,5 strain belonging to the A4 lineage. Surveillance for the “capsule-switching” phenomenon producing B:2b:P1.2,5 isola...

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Autores principales: Alcalá, Belén, Arreaza, Luisa, Salcedo, Celia, Uría, María J., De La Fuente, Laura, Vázquez, Julio A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020081

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12498676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020081

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