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. 2003 Jun;41(6):2697-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2697-2699.2003.

Identification of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups Y and W135 by siaD nucleotide sequence analysis

C Lewis  1 , S C Clarke
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Identification of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups Y and W135 by siaD nucleotide sequence analysis

C Lewis et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

Rapid serogrouping of meningococci is essential for the effective public health management of cases of the disease and the contacts of infected patients. Here we describe an accurate nucleotide-sequencing method for the confirmation of serogroup Y and W135 meningococci by siaD gene analysis from cultures of Neisseria meningitidis.

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FIG. 1.
Partial sequence alignment of the siaD sequence from serogroups Y and W135. Sequences were aligned using the ALIGN program. Nucleotide numbers correspond to those in the published serogroup Y and W135 siaD sequences (accession numbers Y13969 and Y13970). Nucleotide identities are indicated by stacked dots. Nucleotide differences are shown in boldface and underlined.
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