Whole-Genome Sequencing for Characterization of Capsule Locus and Prediction of Serogroup of Invasive Meningococcal Isolates | Zendy

Henju Marjuki | Zendy; Nadav Topaz | Zendy; Lorraine D. RodriguezRivera | Zendy; Edward Ramos | Zendy; Caelin Cubeñas-Potts | Zendy; Alexander Chen | Zendy; Adam C. Retchless | Zendy; Gregory Doho | Zendy; Xin Wang | Zendy

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Whole-Genome Sequencing for Characterization of Capsule Locus and Prediction of Serogroup of Invasive Meningococcal Isolates

Author(s) -

Henju Marjuki,

Nadav Topaz,

Lorraine D. RodriguezRivera,

Edward Ramos,

Caelin Cubeñas-Potts,

Alexander Chen,

Adam C. Retchless,

Gregory Doho,

Xin Wang

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01609-18

Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , neisseriaceae , meningococcal disease , locus (genetics) , microbiology and biotechnology , serotype , biology , virology , polymerase chain reaction , genome , neisseria , multilocus sequence typing , whole genome sequencing , meningococcal infections , genetics , gene , bacteria , genotype , antibiotics

Invasive meningococcal disease is mainly caused byNeisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, X, W, and Y. The serogroup is typically determined by slide agglutination serogrouping (SASG) and real-time PCR (RT-PCR).

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