Emergence of serogroup C meningococcal disease associated with a high mortality rate in Hefei, China
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Emergence of serogroup C meningococcal disease associated with a high mortality rate in Hefei, China
BACKGROUND Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C has emerged as a cause of epidemic disease in Hefei. The establishment of serogroup C as the predominant cause of endemic disease has not been described. METHODS We conducted national laboratory-based surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease during 2000-2010. Isolates were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multilocus seq...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-205