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Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B has been predominant in Brazil, but no broadly effective vaccine is available to prevent endemic meningococcal disease. To understand genetic diversity among serogroup B strains in Brazil, we selected a nationally representative sample of clinical disea...

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Autores principales: de Filippis, Ivano, de Lemos, Ana Paula S., Hostetler, Jessica B., Wollenberg, Kurt, Sacchi, Claudio T., Harrison, Lee H., Bash, Margaret C., Prevots, D. Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033016