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CASE REPORT

First case of Neisseria meningitidis capsule null locus infection in China

Zheng Xu From the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China
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Bingqing Zhu From the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China
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Li Xu From the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China
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Yuan Gao From the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China
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Zhujun Shao From the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, PR China;Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 591-592 | Received 05 Dec 2014, Accepted 16 Jan 2015, Published online: 02 Mar 2015

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