Genetic Analysis of Meningococci Carried by Children and Young Adults
The Journal of Infectious Diseases2005Vol. 191(8), pp. 1263–1271
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Heike Claus, Martin Maiden, Daniel J. Wilson, Noel McCarthy, Keith A. Jolley, Rachel Urwin, Frank Hessler, Matthias Frosch, Ulrich Vogel
Abstract
Serogroup C capsule expression during carriage may contribute to the invasive character of ST-11 complex meningococci and to the high efficacy of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate polysaccharide vaccine.
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