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de Filippis I, de Lemos AP, Hostetler JB, Wollenberg K, Sacchi CT, Dunning Hotopp JC, Harrison LH, Bash MC, Prevots DR

Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B in Brazil.

PloS One. 2012 Jul 01; 7: e33016.

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Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B has been predominant in Brazil, but no broadly effective vaccine is available to prevent endemic meningococcal disease. To understand genetic diversity among serogroup B strains in Brazil, we selected a nationally representative sample of clinical disease isolates from 2004, and a temporally representative sample for the state of São Paulo (1988-2006) for study (n?=?372).

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