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Emergence of a new epidemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A Clone in the African meningitis belt: high-resolution picture of genomic changes that mediate immune evasion.
mBio - 21 Oct 2014
Lamelas Araceli, Harris Simon R, Röltgen Katharina, Dangy Jean-Pierre, Hauser Julia, Kingsley Robert A, Connor Thomas R, Sie Ali, Hodgson Abraham, Dougan Gordon, Parkhill Julian, Bentley Stephen D, Pluschke Gerd
Abstract excerpt
In the African "meningitis belt," outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis occur in cycles, representing a model for the role of host-pathogen interactions in epidemic processes. The periodicity of the epidemics is not well understood, nor is it currently possible to predict them. In our longitudina...
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