Carried Meningococci in the Czech Republic: a Diverse Recombining Population

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ABSTRACT Population and evolutionary analyses of pathogenic bacteria are frequently hindered by sampling strategies that concentrate on isolates from patients with invasive disease. This is especially so for the gram-negative diplococcus Neisseria meningitidis , a cause of septicemia and meningitis worldwide. Meningococcal isolate collections almost exclusively comprise organisms originating from patients with inv...

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• Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
• Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
• Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

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4a73b299-4140-520a-8563-475ffd90a537

DOI

10.1128/jcm.38.12.4492-4498.2000