Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Outbreak Isolates, South Africa, March–June 2015

In 2015, a cluster of respiratory diphtheria cases was reported from KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. By using whole-genome analysis, we characterized 21 Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates collected from 20 patients and contacts during the outbreak (1 patient was infected with 2 variants of...

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Autores principales: du Plessis, Mignon, Wolter, Nicole, Allam, Mushal, de Gouveia, Linda, Moosa, Fahima, Ntshoe, Genevie, Blumberg, Lucille, Cohen, Cheryl, Smith, Marshagne, Mutevedzi, Portia, Thomas, Juno, Horne, Valentino, Moodley, Prashini, Archary, Moherndran, Mahabeer, Yesholata, Mahomed, Saajida, Kuhn, Warren, Mlisana, Koleka, McCarthy, Kerrigan, von Gottberg, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726616
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.162039

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28726616
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.162039

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