Acquisition of virulence genes by a carrier strain gave rise to the ongoing epidemics of meningococcal disease in West Africa

In the African meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa comprising 22 countries from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, large epidemics of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis have occurred periodically. After gradual introduction from 2010 of mass vaccination with a monovalent meni...

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Autores principales: Brynildsrud, Ola Brønstad, Eldholm, Vegard, Bohlin, Jon, Uadiale, Kennedy, Obaro, Stephen, Caugant, Dominique A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
Materias:
Biological Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29735685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802298115

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29735685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802298115

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