Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana

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Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana is …
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P356DOI10.1371/JOURNAL.PMED.0040101
P932PMC publication ID1831736
P698PubMed publication ID17388665
P5875ResearchGate publication ID6418192

P50authorAbraham HodgsonQ72639999
Abudulai Adams ForgorQ47007285
Sébastien GagneuxQ47007290
Gerd PluschkeQ28870485
P2093author name stringValentin Pflüger
Mark Achtman
Abudulai Adams Forgor
Jean-Pierre Dangy
Julia Leimkugel
Sébastien Gagneux
Tom Smith
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P275copyright licenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalQ20007257
P6216copyright statuscopyrightedQ50423863
P433issue3
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectGhanaQ117
meningitisQ48143
P304page(s)e101
P577publication date2007-03-01
P1433published inPLOS MEDICINEQ1686921
P1476titleClonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana
P478volume4

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