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Strain differentiation of Neisseria meningitidis by small-fragment restriction endonuclease analysis (SF-REA).
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 1995
Mylvaganam H, Gilja O H, Halstensen A, Høiby E A, Digranes A, Bjorvatn B
Abstract excerpt
Following an outbreak involving 3 cases of serogroup B meningococcal disease in a rural part of Western Norway, 2 clinical and 99 carrier isolates of Neisseria meningitidis were examined by small-fragment restriction endonuclease analysis (SF-REA) using EcoRI, to determine its potential for strain differentiation. SF-REA characterized all isolates and provided reproducible results with acceptable inter-clonal...
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