Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due t...

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Autores principales: Tyrrell, Gregory J., Chui, Linda, Johnson, Marcia, Chang, Nicholas, Rennie, Robert P., Talbot, James A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996690
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010337

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996690
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010337

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