Identification of meningococcal genes necessary for colonization of human upper airway tissue.
Neisseria meningitidis is an exclusively human pathogen that has evolved primarily to colonize the nasopharynx rather than to cause systemic disease. Colonization is the most frequent outcome following meningococcal infection and a prerequisite for invasive disease. The mechanism of colonization inv...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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