Use of antigenic markers and genomic fingerprinting to study epidemiology of meningococcal disease
Falk, E.S.
Rivista Europea Per le Scienze Mediche e Farmacologiche 15(3-4): 127-129
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0392-291X PMID: 7761656 Document Number: 414089
The usefulness of the restriction enzyme fingerprinting was investigated for epidemiological studies of meningococci isolated from three patients who fell ill in meningococcal disease within a short period of time. The strains belonged to serogroup B and had similar serotype patterns. Epidemiological connections could not be excluded but genomic fingerprinting showed that the strains were probably of different origin. It is concluded that genomic fingerprinting is a potential and sensitive tool for epidemiological studies.