Genetic Diversity of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C ST-4821 in China Based on Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis

• Xiaoying Shan,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China, Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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• Ji Zhang,

  Affiliation Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China

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• Haijian Zhou,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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• Bingqing Zhu,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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• Li Xu,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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• Zhujun Shao ,

  * E-mail: shaozhujun@126.com (ZJS); bjiang@sdu.edu.cn (BFJ)

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, P.R. China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, P.R. China

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• Baofa Jiang

  * E-mail: shaozhujun@126.com (ZJS); bjiang@sdu.edu.cn (BFJ)

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, P.R. China

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