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Usefulness of porA sequencing in distinguishing sporadic and linked cases of serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease in Suffolk, United Kingdom, December 2009 to January 2010.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 27 Jan 2011
Varadarajan A, Sundkvist T, Jayatilleke N, Williams C, Gray S J, Carr A D, Kaczmarski E B
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A cluster of three fatal cases of invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Bin a town in Suffolk, United Kingdom, during December 2009 to January 2010 was reported to the local Health Protection Unit. This paper describes the investigation undertaken to identify any potential epidemiological links among the cases, to determine if this was an outbreak and to consider whether to...
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