Emergence of a virulent clone of Neisseria meningitidis serotype 2a that is associated with meningococcal group C disease in Canada.

doi:10.1128/jcm.29.11.2489-2493.1991

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Emergence of a virulent clone of Neisseria meningitidis serotype 2a that is associated with meningococcal group C disease in Canada.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1991

Ashton F E, Ryan J A, Borczyk A, Caugant D A, Mancino L, Huang D

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Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was used to characterize 378 isolates of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C recovered during a period of an increase in group C meningococcal disease in Canada. Thirty-four enzyme electrophoretic types were found among the isolates, which were predominantly (96.0...

Topics

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Canada
Enzymes
Genetic Variation
Humans
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Neisseria meningitidis
Serotyping
Virulence

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