Characterization of epidemic and nonepidemic Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A strains from Sudan and Sweden.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on August 01, 1990

Authors

M A Salih1, D Danielsson, A Bäckman, D A Caugant, M Achtman, P Olcén

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1: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

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