%0 Journal Article %1 tzanakaki_conventional_2006 %A Tzanakaki, G %A Kesanopoulos, K %A Yazdankhah, S P %A Levidiotou, S %A Kremastinou, J %A Caugant, D A %D 2006 %J Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases %K Adolescent, Carrier Child, Disease Greece, Humans, Meningitis, Meningococcal, Neisseria Outbreaks, State, meningitidis %N 10 %P 1024--6 %R 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01521.x %T Conventional and molecular investigation of meningococcal isolates in relation to two outbreaks in the area of Athens, Greece %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16961641 %V 12 %X Two local outbreaks caused by serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis occurred in the Athens area of Greece during 2003. In total, 30 N. meningitidis isolates from patients and carriers, as well as sporadic cases, were investigated by conventional techniques (serogroup, serotype and serosubtype), multilocus sequence typing (MLST), analysis of variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Compared with the two other molecular techniques, VNTR analysis was a simple, reliable and highly discriminatory method for fine typing of meningococcal isolates, showing a good correlation with the epidemiological data for the two outbreaks analysed.

@article{tzanakaki_conventional_2006, abstract = {Two local outbreaks caused by serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis occurred in the Athens area of Greece during 2003. In total, 30 N. meningitidis isolates from patients and carriers, as well as sporadic cases, were investigated by conventional techniques (serogroup, serotype and serosubtype), multilocus sequence typing {(MLST),} analysis of variable number tandem repeats {(VNTR)} and random amplified polymorphic {DNA} {(RAPD)} analysis. Compared with the two other molecular techniques, {VNTR} analysis was a simple, reliable and highly discriminatory method for fine typing of meningococcal isolates, showing a good correlation with the epidemiological data for the two outbreaks analysed.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Tzanakaki, G and Kesanopoulos, K and Yazdankhah, S P and Levidiotou, S and Kremastinou, J and Caugant, D A}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2afb437f1d412ecb4ca73587c06da0657/jelias}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01521.x}, interhash = {0610f3f73006b4b45ba8fe655b4bd300}, intrahash = {afb437f1d412ecb4ca73587c06da0657}, issn = {{1198-743X}}, journal = {Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases}, keywords = {Adolescent, Carrier Child, Disease Greece, Humans, Meningitis, Meningococcal, Neisseria Outbreaks, State, meningitidis}, month = oct, note = {{PMID:} 16961641}, number = 10, pages = {1024--6}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:05:45.000+0100}, title = {Conventional and molecular investigation of meningococcal isolates in relation to two outbreaks in the area of Athens, Greece}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16961641}, volume = 12, year = 2006 }