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    Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Phenotypic Analyses of <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> Isolates from Disease Patients and Their Household Contacts
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    Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Phenotypic Analyses of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from Disease Patients and Their Household Contacts

    Neisseria meningitidis causes meningococcal disease but is frequently carried in the throats of healthy individuals; the factors that determine whether invasive disease develops are not completely understood. We carried out detailed studies of isolates, collected from patients and their household contacts, to identify differences between commensal throat isolates and those that caused invasive disease. Though isolates were...

    Xiaoyun Ren, David A. Eccles, Gabrielle A. Greig, Jane Clapham, Nicole E. Wheeler, Stinus Lindgreen, Paul P. Gardner, Joanna K. MacKichan
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