Clonal diversity of Neisseria meningitidis from a population of asymptomatic carriers
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COMPARISON OF METHODS TO IDENTIFY Neisseria meningitidis IN ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS
Neisseria meningitidis is a cause of several life-threatening diseases and can be a normal commensal in the upper respiratory tract of healthy carriers. The carrier rate is not well established especially because there is no standard method for the isolation of N. meningitidis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare identification methods for the carrier state. Two swabs were collected...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.56.8.2060-2068.1988