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Serogroups, serotypes and subtypes of Neisseria meningitidis isolated from patients and carriers in Greece.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 1993
Tzanakaki G, Blackwell C C, Kremastinou J, Weir D M, Mentis A, Fallon R J
Abstract excerpt
The increase in the number of cases of meningococcal disease reported to the Ministry of Health in Athens since 1989 prompted the present study to determine if isolates from patients or carriers expressed the same phenotypic characters as those in other parts of Europe. None of the isolates from patients (31) or carriers (547) expressed the antigenic combinations associated with outbreaks in northern Europe,...
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