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Group B meningococci from Switzerland and France were typed by monoclonal antibodies in a dot-blot method. Group B meningococci caused from 64–74% of the cases in the 1980–1986 period. Serotyping (class 2/3 OMPs) and subtyping (class 1 OMP) allowed further definition of the strains in most cases (189/303:62%). In Switzerland, serotype 4 remained prevalent since 1980. Strains B: 15:P1. 16 increased in frequency in 1986.
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Calain, P. et al. (1988). Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Switzerland, 1980–1986:Using monoclonal antibodies to classify disease-related isolates. In: Poolman, J.T. (eds) Gonococci and Meningococci. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1383-7_10
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