Multilocus sequence typing and repetitive element-based polymerase chain reaction analysis of Neisseria meningitidis isolates in Brazil reveal the emergence of 11 new sequence types genetically related to the ST-32 and ST-41/44 complexes and high prevalence of strains related to hypervirulent lineages
- 30 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 53 (3) , 161-167
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.06.015
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