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The genetic structure of Neisseria meningitidis populations in Cuba before and after the introduction of a serogroup BC vaccine.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2010
Climent Yanet, Urwin Rachel, Yero Daniel, Martinez Isabel, Martín Alejandro, Sotolongo Franklin, Maiden Martin C J, Pajón Rolando
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We investigated the population genetics in collections of meningococci sampled in Cuba during the period 1983-2005, thereby covering a period before and after the introduction of an antimeningococcal B-C vaccine. A total of 163 case isolates and 210 isolates from healthy carriers were characteriz...
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