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Using Neisseria meningitidis genomic diversity to inform outbreak strain identification

Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening illness caused by the human-restricted bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. Outbreaks in the USA involve at least two cases in an organization or community caused by the same serogroup within three months. Genome comparisons, including phylogenetic analysis a...

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Autores principales: Retchless, Adam C., Chen, Alex, Chang, How-Yi, Blain, Amy E., McNamara, Lucy A., Mustapha, Mustapha M., Harrison, Lee H., Wang, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8177650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34003852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009586