Tracking a serial killer: Integrating phylogenetic relationships, epidemiology, and geography for two invasive meningococcal disease outbreaks.

<h4>Background</h4>While overall rates of meningococcal disease have been declining in the United States for the past several decades, New York City (NYC) has experienced two serogroup C meningococcal disease outbreaks in 2005-2006 and in 2010-2013. The outbreaks were centered within dru...

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Main Authors: Ifeoma Ezeoke, Madeline R Galac, Ying Lin, Alvin T Liem, Pierce A Roth, Andrew Kilianski, Henry S Gibbons, Danielle Bloch, John Kornblum, Paula Del Rosso, Daniel A Janies, Don Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202615