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Comparison of Serogroup W-135 Meningococci Isolated in Sweden during a 23-Year Period and Those Associated with a Recent Hajj Pilgrimag
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- Mölling, Paula (author)
- National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital,Örebro, Sweden
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- Bäckman, Anders (author)
- National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital,Örebro, Sweden
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- Olcén, Per, 1943- (author)
- National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria, Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital,Örebro, Sweden
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- Fredlund, Hans, 1952- (author)
- National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria and Unit for Infectious Disease Control, Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital,Örebro, Sweden
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- 2001
- 2001
- English.
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In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. - 0095-1137 .- 1098-660X. ; 39:7, s. 2695-2699
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- An outbreak of serogroup W-135 meningococcal disease was reported among pilgrims returning from the annual hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) in mid-March 2000. Molecular characterization was used to investigate the similarity of the hajj-associated W-135 strains with those isolated in Sweden during a 23-year period (1978 to 2000). The same hajj-associated genosubtype, genosubtype P1.5,2,36b, has been documented in Sweden since 1979, while pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and the sulfadiazine resistance of the W-135 isolates indicated that the outbreak was probably due to a new clone of W-135 meningococci.
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