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Genetics and evolution of Neisseria meningitidis: importance for the epidemiology of meningococcal disease.

Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2008

Caugant Dominique A

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Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening illness occurring worldwide with incidence rates varying from 1 to 1000 cases per 100,000. The causative organism, Neisseria meningitidis, is a normal commensal of humans. While strains associated with asymptomatic carriage are highly diverse, a few hyper-invasive genetic clones of the species may spread rapidly through human populations, resulting in countrywide...

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PMID: 18479979
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.04.002

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