Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type and Risk for Death, Iceland

Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type and Risk for Death, Iceland

Invasive meningococcal infections are hyperendemic in Iceland, a relatively isolated country in the mid-Atlantic. We performed a nationwide study on all viable meningococcal strains (N = 362) from 1977 to 2004. We analyzed the association of patient's age and sex, meningococcal serogroups, and...

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Main Authors: Magnús Gottfreðsson, Mathew A. Diggle, David I. Lawrie, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Hjördís Harðardóttir, Karl G. Kristinsson, Stuart C. Clarke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Neisseria meningitidis
multilocus sequence typing (MLST)
meningococcal disease
meningitis
epidemiology
mortality
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/7/05-1624_article

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