Invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology and characterization of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups, sequence types, and clones; implication for use of meningococcal vaccines
Background and aims: Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) is a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause life-threatening invasive infections referred to as invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). In the last decade the incidence of IMD in Israel is about 1/100,000 population annually. We aimed to de...
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Формат: | Стаття |
Мова: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2019-01-01
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Серія: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics |
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Онлайн доступ: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1507261 |