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Molecular Characteristics and Susceptibility to Antibiotics of Serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis Strains Isolated in Senegal in 1999

A. I. Sow, D. A. Caugant, M. F. Cisse, E. A. Høiby, A. Samb WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci, National Institute of Public Health, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway
Pages 185-187 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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