Association of a Bacteriophage with Meningococcal Disease in Young Adults

Emmanuelle Bille; Roisin Ure; Stephen J. Gray; Edward B. Kaczmarski; Noel D. McCarthy; Xavier Nassif; Martin C. J. Maiden; Colin R. Tinsley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003885

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Association of a Bacteriophage with Meningococcal Disease in Young Adults

Emmanuelle Bille ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuelle Bille, Roisin Ure

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France, Unité de pathogénie des infections systémiques, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Roisin Ure ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuelle Bille, Roisin Ure

Current address: Scottish Meningococcal and Pneumococcal Reference Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen research, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Stephen J. Gray,

Affiliation Meningococcal Reference Unit, Health Protection Agency, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Edward B. Kaczmarski,

Affiliation Meningococcal Reference Unit, Health Protection Agency, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Noel D. McCarthy,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen research, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Xavier Nassif,

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France, Unité de pathogénie des infections systémiques, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Martin C. J. Maiden,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen research, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Colin R. Tinsley

* E-mail: colin.tinsley@grignon.inra.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France, Unité de pathogénie des infections systémiques, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France, Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire, UMR AgroParisTech/INRA 1238/CNRS 2585, AgroParisTech, Centre de Grignon, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Association of a Bacteriophage with Meningococcal Disease in Young Adults

Emmanuelle Bille,
Roisin Ure,
Stephen J. Gray,
Edward B. Kaczmarski,
Noel D. McCarthy,
Xavier Nassif,
Martin C. J. Maiden,
Colin R. Tinsley

Published: December 9, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003885

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