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. 1995 Apr-Jun;1(2):53–54. doi: 10.3201/eid0102.950203

Epidemic-associated Neisseria meningitidis detected by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

M W Reeves 1, B A Perkins 1, J D Wenger 1
PMCID: PMC2626839  PMID: 8903159

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