Genomic analysis of serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals extensive similarities between carriage and disease-associated organisms

Background. Neisseria meningitidis is a frequent colonizer of the human nasopharynx with asymptomatic carriage providing the reservoir for invasive, disease-causing strains. Serogroup Y (MenY) strains are a major cause of meningococcal disease. High resolution genetic analyses of carriage and diseas...

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Main Authors: Oldfield, Neil J., Harrison, Odile B., Bayliss, Christopher D., Maiden, Martin C.J., Ala'Aldeen, Dlawer A.A., Turner, David P.J.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31313/