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Antigenic variation of the class I outer membrane protein in hyperendemic Neisseria meningitidis strains in the netherlands.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1999
Bart A, Dankert J, van der Ende A
Abstract excerpt
Since 1980, the number of cases of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B isolates with the P1.4 serosubtype has greatly increased in The Netherlands. Screening for this serosubtype in the strain collection of The Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis revealed that a low number of P1.4 strains had been present in the Dutch meningococcal population since 1965. Genotyping of P1.4 strains...
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