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Characterization of invasive Neisseria meningitidis strains from Québec, Canada, during a period of increased serogroup B disease, 2009-2013: phenotyping and genotyping with special emphasis on the non-carbohydrate protein vaccine targets.
BMC microbiology - 25 Jul 2015
Law Dennis K S, Lefebvre Brigitte, Gilca Rodica, Deng Saul, Zhou Jianwei, De Wals Philippe, Tsang Raymond S W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Québec, Canada, has been dominated in the past decade by a clone of serogroup B (MenB) Neisseria meningitidis defined by multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) as sequence type (ST)-269. With the licensure of a new MenB vaccine Bexsero (4CMenB) in Canada, this study characterized invasive N. meningitidis recovered in Québec from 2009 to 2013,...
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