Insights on Population Structure and Within-Host Genetic Changes among Meningococcal Carriage Isolates from U.S. Universities

Insights on Population Structure and Within-Host Genetic Changes among Meningococcal Carriage Isolates from U.S. Universities

ABSTRACT In 2015 and 2016, meningococcal carriage evaluations were conducted at two universities in the United States following mass vaccination campaigns in response to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease outbreaks. A simultaneous carriage evaluation was also conducted at a university...

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Main Authors: Sandeep J. Joseph, Nadav Topaz, How-Yi Chang, Melissa J. Whaley, Jeni T. Vuong, Alexander Chen, Fang Hu, Susanna E. Schmink, Laurel T. Jenkins, Lorraine D. Rodriguez-Rivera, Jennifer D. Thomas, Anna M. Acosta, Lucy McNamara, Heidi M. Soeters, Sarah Mbaeyi, Xin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-04-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Neisseria meningitidis
United States
WGS
carriage
comparative genomics
meningococcal
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00197-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00197-20

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