Genomic characterization of Japanese meningococcal strains isolated over a 17-year period between 2003 and 2020 in Japan

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While invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a major public concern worldwide, IMD is categorized as a rare infectious disease in Japan and, thus, its causative agents and epidemiology have not yet been characterized in detail. In the present study, we used molecular methods to epidemiologically characterize 291 meningococcal strains isolated in Japan over a 17-year period between 2003 and 2020 by whole genome...

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