1. Two Cases of Newly Characterized Neisseria Species, Brazil
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Mustapha, Mustapha M., Lemos, Ana Paula S., Griffith, Marissa P., Evans, Daniel R., Marx, Ramon, Coltro, Elizabeth S.F., Siebra, Christian A., Timm, Loeci, Ribeiro, Hamilton, Monteiro, Alessandro, Pasculle, A. William, Marsh, Jane W., Van Tyne, Daria, Harrison, Lee H., and Sacchi, Claudio T.
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Chromosomes -- Health aspects -- Analysis ,Vaccines -- Health aspects -- Analysis ,Polysaccharides -- Health aspects -- Analysis ,Medical schools ,Bacteremia ,Meningitis ,Infection ,Public health ,Public health movements ,Health - Abstract
Neisseria is a genus containing diverse organisms; most are rarely pathogenic. N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae are the most clinically relevant species. The polysaccharide capsule is the most critical meningococcal [...]
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- 2020
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