Whole genome sequencing for investigations of meningococcal outbreaks in the United States: a retrospective analysis

Although rare in the U.S., outbreaks due to Neisseria meningitidis do occur. Rapid, early outbreak detection is important for timely public health response. In this study, we characterized U.S. meningococcal isolates (N = 201) from 15 epidemiologically defined outbreaks (2009–2015) along with tempor...

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Autores principales: Whaley, Melissa J., Joseph, Sandeep J., Retchless, Adam C., Kretz, Cecilia B., Blain, Amy, Hu, Fang, Chang, How-Yi, Mbaeyi, Sarah A., MacNeil, Jessica R., Read, Timothy D., Wang, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30361650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33622-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30361650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33622-5

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