Increase in serogroup C meningococcal disease in Canada is associated with antigenic changes in the protein antigens of the ET-15 clone of Neisseria meningitidis

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Tsang, Raymond S. W. [1 ]
Law, Dennis K. S. [1 ]
Henderson, Averil M. [1 ]
Blake, Marissa L. [1 ]
Stoltz, Jan [1 ]
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[1] Pybl hlth Agcy Canada, Natl Microbiol Lab, Ctr Nervous Syst Infect & Lab Vaccine Preventable, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3R2, Canada
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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2006年 / 194卷 / 12期
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10.1086/509515
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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