Atypical presentation of invasive meningococcal disease caused by serogroup W meningococci
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Rising incidence of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W in Victoria.
The diagram illustrates the phylogenetic relationship between isolates based on core genome single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Victorian MenW ST11 isolates demonstrate region-specific clustering, and the close relationship of Victorian MenW strains (in green) to the United Kingdome South American cluster is shown. (Numerical values for the Victorian isolates represent the number of isolate...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268819002152