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Phenotypic and genotypic changes in a new clone complex of Neisseria meningitidis causing disease in The Netherlands, 1958-1990.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1994
Scholten R J, Poolman J T, Valkenburg H A, Bijlmer H A, Dankert J, Caugant D A
Abstract excerpt
To characterize the phenotypic and genotypic changes that occurred in a new clone lineage of Neisseria meningitidis (lineage III) in the Netherlands, the electrophoretic type (ET) was determined for 79 serogroup B isolates of serotype 4 or subtype P1.4 (or both) obtained between 1958 and 1990 from patients with systemic meningococcal disease. Thirty-five previously described isolates were also included. After...
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