Gauging the epidemic potential of a widely circulating non-invasive meningococcal strain in Africa

Neisseria meningitidis colonizes the human oropharynx and transmits mainly via asymptomatic carriage. Actual outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis are comparatively rare and occur when susceptible populations are exposed to hypervirulent clones, genetically distinct from the main carriage isolates....

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Autores principales: Brynildsrud, Ola Brønstad, Eldholm, Vegard, Rakhimova, Adelina, Kristiansen, Paul A., Caugant, Dominique A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31454306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000290

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31454306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000290

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