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Correspondence

Prevalence of meningococcal genosubtypes (PorA types) in Western Australia from 2000 to 2006

Lynette Pereira Royal Perth Hospital, Perth
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Gerry Harnett Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands
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Glenys Chidlow Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands
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David Speers Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Western AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 728-729 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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