Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup X Sequence Type 767 in Turkey

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2010 Aug 27

PMID 20739496

Citations 3

Authors

Abdullah Kilic

Orhan Bedir

A Celal Basustaoglu

Holly B Bratcher

Keith A Jolley

Gurkan Mert

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