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Surveillance of invasive Neisseria meningitidis with a serogroup Y update, Sweden 2010 to 2012.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 23 Oct 2014
Törös B, Thulin Hedberg S, Jacobsson S, Fredlund H, Olcén P, Mölling P
Abstract excerpt
An increase of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y has been noted in Sweden since 2005, and to a lower extent throughout Europe. The present study describes the epidemiology of invasive N. meningitidis isolates in Sweden in the period between 2010 and 2012, with a focus on serogroup Y. We also aimed to find an optimal molecular typing scheme for both surveillance and...
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