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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 24, 1992 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Preventing Secondary Cases of Meningococcal Disease by Identifying and Eradicating Disease-Causing Strains in Close Contacts of Patients

BjØRn-Erik Kristiansen From the A/S Telelab, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, Skien Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Yngvar Tveten From the A/S Telelab, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, Skien Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Eirik Ask From the A/S Telelab, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, Skien Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Tor Reiten Seljord, Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Arne-Birger Knapskog Skien and from the Departments, Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Jon Steen-johnsen from the Departments, Pediatrics, Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Gunnar Hopen from the Departments, Medicine, Telemark Central Hospital, Porsgrunn, Norway
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Pages 165-173 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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B E KristiansenC FermérA JenkinsE AskG SwedbergO Sköld. (1995) PCR amplicon restriction endonuclease analysis of the chromosomal dhps gene of Neisseria meningitidis: a method for studying spread of the disease-causing strain in contacts of patients with meningococcal disease. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 33:5, pages 1174-1179.
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