Evolutionary Events Associated with an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Evolutionary Events Associated with an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Meningococci spread via respiratory droplets, whereas the closely related gonococci are transmitted sexually. Several outbreaks of invasive meningococcal disease have been reported in Europe and the United States among men who have sex with men (MSM). We recently identified an outbreak of serogroup...

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Main Authors: Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Heike Claus, Martin Lappann, Frédéric J Veyrier, Andreas Otto, Dörte Becher, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Matthias Frosch, Wiebke Hellenbrand, Eva Hong, Isabelle Parent du Châtelet, Karola Prior, Dag Harmsen, Ulrich Vogel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4864352?pdf=render

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