Epidemic spread of subgroup III of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A to South Africa in 1996.

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Epidemic spread of subgroup III of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A to South Africa in 1996.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Nov 1998

McGee L, Koornhof H J, Caugant D A

Abstract excerpt

A total of 111 strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated during a meningitis outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1996 were analyzed by serogrouping, arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction analysis, ribotyping, and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. Nineteen different clusters were i...

Topics

Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial
Disease Outbreaks
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Enzymes
Genotype
Humans
Meningococcal Infections
Neisseria meningitidis
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Restriction Mapping
Serotyping
South Africa

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PMID: 9827272
DOI: 10.1086/514971

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