Meningococcus, this famous unknown
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a Gram-negative bacterium responsible for two devastating forms of invasive diseases: purpura fulminans and meningitis. Since the first description of the epidemic nature of the illness at the dawn of the nineteenth century, the scientific knowledge of menin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Académie des sciences
2021-07-01
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Series: | Comptes Rendus Biologies |
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Online Access: | https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.56/ |