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Genomic resolution of an aggressive, widespread, diverse and expanding meningococcal serogroup B, C and W lineage

OBJECTIVES: Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of meningitis and septicaemia. The hyperinvasive ST-11 clonal complex (cc11) caused serogroup C (MenC) outbreaks in the US military in the 1960s and UK universities in the 1990s, a global Hajj-associated serogroup W (MenW) outbreak in 2000–2001,...

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Autores principales: Lucidarme, Jay, Hill, Dorothea M.C., Bratcher, Holly B., Gray, Steve J., du Plessis, Mignon, Tsang, Raymond S.W., Vazquez, Julio A., Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Ceyhan, Mehmet, Efron, Adriana M., Gorla, Maria C., Findlow, Jamie, Jolley, Keith A., Maiden, Martin C.J., Borrow, Ray
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: W.B. Saunders 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26226598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.07.007