Rapid determination of outbreak-related strains of Neisseria meningitidis by repetitive element-based polymerase chain reaction genotyping.

doi:10.1093/infdis/174.4.760

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Rapid determination of outbreak-related strains of Neisseria meningitidis by repetitive element-based polymerase chain reaction genotyping.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 1996

Woods C R, Koeuth T, Estabrook M M, Lupski J R

Abstract excerpt

Outbreaks of invasive disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis have increased in the United States in the 1990s. Repetitive element-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR), a recently developed genotyping method, was used to evaluate a group of 8 outbreak-related and 35 other meningococcal isol...

Topics

Disease Outbreaks
Genotype
Humans
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Neisseria meningitidis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Serotyping

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