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Molecular Epidemiology of Serogroup A Meningitis in Moscow, 1969 to 1997

Molecular Epidemiology of Serogroup A Meningitis in Moscow, 1969 to 1997

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Molecular Epidemiology of Serogroup A Meningitis in Moscow, 1969 to 1997

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Full title

Molecular Epidemiology of Serogroup A Meningitis in Moscow, 1969 to 1997

Publisher

United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

Journal title

Emerging infectious diseases, 2001-05, Vol.7 (3), p.420-427

Language

English

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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Molecular analysis of 103 serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Moscow from 1969 to 1997 showed that four independent clonal groupings were responsible for successive waves of meningococcal disease. An epidemic from 1969 to the mid-1970s was caused by genocloud 2 of subgroup III, possibly imported from China. Subsequent endemic dis...

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Full title

Molecular Epidemiology of Serogroup A Meningitis in Moscow, 1969 to 1997

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8a9faf30d60141638162ba251659be7c

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8a9faf30d60141638162ba251659be7c

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ISSN

1080-6040

E-ISSN

1080-6059

DOI

10.3201/eid0703.017309

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