Multilocus sequencing typing as a tool to investigate childhood Haemophilus influenzae invasive disease in Portugal

Background: Haemophilus influenzae is an important cause of serious childhood invasive disease despite the use of the vaccine against serotype b strains (Hib). Six capsular types, a-f, have been identified to date, although most of strains are non-capsulated (NC). Multilocus Sequencing Typing (MLST)...

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Main Author: Bettencourt, Célia (author)
Other Authors: Borges, Vitor (author), Gonçalo-Marques, José (author), Cunha, Florbela (author), Bajanca-Lavado, Maria Paula (author), on behalf of Portuguese Study Group of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (author)
Format: other
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/4149
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/4149