GENETIC-HETEROGENEITY OF STRAINS OF NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS BELONGING TO SEROTYPE-22 ISOLATED IN THE CZECH-REPUBLIC

Authors
MUSILEK M GIORGINI D HAMADOUCHE N KRIZ P TAHA MK
Citation
M. Musilek et al., GENETIC-HETEROGENEITY OF STRAINS OF NEISSERIA-MENINGITIDIS BELONGING TO SEROTYPE-22 ISOLATED IN THE CZECH-REPUBLIC, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(2), 1998, pp. 563-565
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
563 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:2<563:GOSONB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Strains of Neisseria meningitidis of serogroup B isolated in the Czech Republic frequently belong to serotype 22. We analyzed the genetic re lationships among strains of this serotype by using the multilocus enz yme electrophoresis technique and the polymorphism of the pilA gene. O ur results indicate that these strains correspond to a highly heteroge neous population rather than to the expansion of a single clone.