Application of Multiple-Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Analysis to Identify Outbreak-Associated Neisseria meningitides Serogroup C Sequence Type 4821 in China

• 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 City, Zhejiang 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 City, Zhejiang Province, 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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• 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 City, Zhejiang Province, 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 City, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China

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• Guangchun Hu,

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

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• Aiying Bai,

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

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• Zhujun Shao ,

  * E-mail: shaozhujun@icdc.cn (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 City, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China

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• Baofa Jiang

  * E-mail: shaozhujun@icdc.cn (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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