Frequent interspecific genetic exchange between commensal neisseriae and Neisseria meningitidis
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 36 (5) , 1049-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01932.x
Abstract
Natural sequence variation was investigated among serogroup A subgroup IV‐1 Neisseria meningitidis isolated from diseased patients and healthy carriers in The Gambia, West Africa. The frequencies of ...Keywords
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