Application of multiple-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis to identify outbreak-associated Neisseria

Xiaoying Shan1, Haijian Zhou2, Ji Zhang3

  • 1Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China; State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China; Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China.

Plos One
|January 21, 2015
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