Article
Molecular techniques for the investigation of meningococcal disease epidemiology.
Molecular biotechnology - 1 Jun 2001
Maiden M C, Frosch M
Abstract excerpt
Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality world wide and no comprehensive vaccine is available against the causative organism, Neisseria meningitidis. Molecular studies of the diversity of this bacterium have provided a number of key insights into its biology, which have implications for control of meningococcal disease. These have included the identification of...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Meningococcal Infections
- Meningococcal Vaccines
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Porins