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SUBMITTER: Probert WS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC139717 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Probert William S WS Bystrom Susan L SL Khashe Shideh S Schrader Kimmi N KN Wong Jane D JD
Journal of clinical microbiology 20021101 11
The incidence of serogroup Y meningococcal disease has increased recently in the United States. Here, we describe the development of a 5' exonuclease assay for the detection of serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis and demonstrate the usefulness of this assay for resolving serogroup identification of strains that are resistant to conventional serogrouping and for the nonculture identification of serogroup Y meningococcal disease. ...[more]