Molecular characterization of invasive capsule null Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa

BACKGROUND: The meningococcal capsule is an important virulence determinant. Unencapsulated meningococci lacking capsule biosynthesis genes and containing the capsule null locus (cnl) are predominantly non-pathogenic. Rare cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by cnl isolates belonging to s...

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Publié dans:BMC Microbiol
Auteurs principaux: Ganesh, Karistha, Allam, Mushal, Wolter, Nicole, Bratcher, Holly B., Harrison, Odile B., Lucidarme, Jay, Borrow, Ray, de Gouveia, Linda, Meiring, Susan, Birkhead, Monica, Maiden, Martin C. J., von Gottberg, Anne, du Plessis, Mignon
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2017
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320719/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28222677
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0942-5
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