Disease susceptibility to ST11 complex meningococci bearing serogroup C or W135 polysaccharide capsules, North America.

Clusters of meningococcal disease caused by a hyperinvasive lineage of Neisseria meningitidis, the ST11 complex, bearing a serogroup C polysaccharide capsule, have been prominent in Europe and North America since the early 1990s. This situation has led to expensive public health measures for outbrea...

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Autori principali: Pollard, A, Ochnio, J, Ho, M, Callaghan, M, Bigham, M, Dobsong, S
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2004