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Differences between culture & non-culture confirmed invasive meningococci with a focus on factor H-binding protein distribution.
The Journal of infection - 1 Jul 2016
Clark Stephen A, Lekshmi Aiswarya, Lucidarme Jay, Hao Li, Tsao How, Lee-Jones Lisa, Jansen Kathrin U, Newbold Lynne S, Anderson Annaliesa S, Borrow Ray
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To compare the distribution of capsular groups and factor H-binding protein (fHBP) variants among meningococcal isolates and non-culture clinical specimens and to assess the representativeness of group B isolates amongst group B cases as a whole. METHODS: A PCR sequencing assay was used to characterise fHBP from non-culture cases confirmed from January 2011 to December 2013. These were compared to...
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