Molecular Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Isolates from Countries in the African Meningitis Belt before Introduction of a Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine

BACKGROUND: The serogroup A conjugate meningococcal vaccine, MenAfriVac, was introduced in mass vaccination campaigns in December 2010 in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In the coming years, vaccination will be extended to other African countries at risk of epidemics. To document the molecular charact...

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Autores principales: Caugant, Dominique A., Kristiansen, Paul A., Wang, Xin, Mayer, Leonard W., Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Ouédraogo, Rasmata, Kandolo, Denis, Bougoudogo, Flabou, Sow, Samba, Bonte, Laurence
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/PMC3459830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046019

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