Frequent capsule switching in 'ultra-virulent' meningococci - are we ready for a serogroup B ST-11 complex outbreak?

The meningococcal ST-11 complex (cc11) causes large invasive disease outbreaks with high case fatality rates, such as serogroup C (MenC) epidemics in industrialised nations in the 1990s and the serogroup W epidemic currently expanding globally. Glycoconjugate vaccines are available for serogroups A,...

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Главные авторы: Lucidarme, J, Lekshmi, A, Parikh, S, Bray, J, Hill, D, Bratcher, H, Gray, S, Carr, A, Jolley, K, Findlow, J, Campbell, H, Ladhani, S, Ramsay, M, Maiden, M, Borrow, R
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Elsevier 2017

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