Resolution of a Protracted Serogroup B Meningococcal Outbreak with Whole-Genome Sequencing Shows Interspecies Genetic Transfer
A carriage study was undertaken (n = 112) to ascertain the prevalence of Neisseria spp. following the eighth case of invasive meningococcal disease in young children (5 to 46 months) and members of a large extended indigenous ethnic minority Traveller family (n = 123), typically associated with high...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121376/ |