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Genetic characterisation of the emerging invasive Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y in Sweden, 2000 to 2010.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 9 Jun 2011
Hedberg S Thulin, Törös B, Fredlund H, Olcén P, Mölling P
Abstract excerpt
Neisseria meningitidis serogroups B and C have been responsible for the majority of invasive meningococcal disease in Europe. Recently, an increase of N. meningitidis disease due to serogroup Y has been noted in Sweden (in 2010, the proportion was 39%, with an incidence of 0.23 per 100,000 population), as well as in other northern European countries. We aimed to investigate the clonal pattern of the emerging...
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