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Case Reports
. 2011 Jan;49(1):472-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01995-10. Epub 2010 Nov 10.

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities

Karen M Rudolph, Carolynn DeByle, Alisa Reasonover, Tammy Zulz, Dennis K S Law, Jianwei Zhou, Raymond S W Tsang
Case Reports

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis strains expressing both serogroup Y and W-135 antigenic specificities

Karen M Rudolph et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan.
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