The majority of genes in the pathogenic Neisseria species are present in non-pathogenic Neisseria lactamica, including those designated as 'virulence genes'

Background: Neisseria meningitidis causes the life-threatening diseases meningococcal meningitis and meningococcal septicemia. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is closely related to the meningococcus, but is the cause of the very different infection, gonorrhea. A number of genes have been implicated in the vir...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Snyder, L, Saunders, N
Materyal Türü: Journal article
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: BioMed Central 2006
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