An outbreak of severe invasive meningococcal disease due to a capsular switched Neisseria meningitidis hypervirulent strain B:cc11
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2018
Short description:
An outbreak of severe invasive meningococcal disease due to a capsular switched Neisseria meningitidis hypervirulent strain B:cc11 / Stefanelli, P., Fazio, C., Vacca, P., Palmieri, A., Ambrosio, L., Neri, A., Piana, A., Castiglia, P., Argiolas, F., Santus, S., Masala, L., Steri, G., Riccardo, F., Iannazzo, S., Maraglino, F.P., D'Amario, C., Rezza, G.. - In: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION. - ISSN 1198-743X. - (2018). [10.1016/j.cmi.2018.07.014]
abstract:
To investigate an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Southern Sardinia.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Capsular switching; Hypervirulent; Invasive meningococcal disease; Italy; Neisseria meningitidis; Outbreak; Whole genome sequencing; whole genome sequencing
List of contributors:
Stefanelli, Paola; Fazio, Cecilia; Vacca, Paola; Palmieri, Annapina; Ambrosio, Luigina; Neri, Arianna; Piana, Andrea; Castiglia, Paolo; Argiolas, Federico; Santus, Simonetta; Masala, Laura; Steri, Giorgio; Riccardo, Flavia; Iannazzo, Stefania; Maraglino, Francesco Paolo; D'Amario, Claudio; Rezza, Giovanni
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