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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Автори: Chen Stein-Zamir, Hanna Shoob, Nitza Abramson, Colin Block, Natan Keller, Joseph Jaffe, Lea Valinsky
Формат: Стаття
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Серія:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Онлайн доступ:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1507261