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 -: Reply to Tsang et al.

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Harrison, Lee H.
Maiden, Martin C. J.
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[1] Univ Pittsburgh, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, Div Infect Dis, Infect Dis Epidemiol Res Unit, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Int Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA
[4] Univ Oxford, Dept Zool, Oxford OX1 3PS, England
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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2006年 / 194卷 / 12期
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10.1086/509516
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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