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Emerg. infect. dis
; 9(11): 1486-1488, 2003.
Artigo
em Inglês
| AIM (África)
| ID: biblio-1261627
RESUMO
To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas; the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; and Haemophilus influenzae. PCR effectively documented the wide geographic spread of N. meningitidis serogroup W135