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Clonal distribution of disease-associated and healthy carrier isolates of Neisseria meningitidis between 1983 and 2005 in Cuba.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Climent Yanet, Yero Daniel, Martinez Isabel, Martín Alejandro, Jolley Keith A, Sotolongo Franklin, Maiden Martin C J, Urwin Rachel, Pajón Rolando
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In response to epidemic levels of serogroup B meningococcal disease in Cuba during the 1980s, the VA-MENGOC-BC vaccine was developed and introduced into the National Infant Immunization Program in 1991. Since then the incidence of meningococcal disease in Cuba has returned to the low levels recor...
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