[Study of hypervirulent complexes of Neisseria meningitidis by methods of molecular biology and possibility of their prevention in the Czech Republic by vaccination].
A brief report is presented of the results of the Project of the Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic that received the Medical Research Award 2008 from the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic (http://www.mzcr.cz/Odbornik/Pages/816-udeleni-ceny-ministra-zdravotnictvi-pro-rok-2008.html). The Science Council of the Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic selected 5 award winners of 16 candidate projects recommended by the Specialty Commissions of the Internal Grant Agency. The winning project: Study of hypervirulent complexes of Neisseria meningitidis by molecular biological methods and preventive potential of vaccination against these complexes in the Czech Republic.
Národní referencni laborator pro meningokokové nákazy, Stání zdravotní ústav, Praha. pavla.krizova@szu.cz
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014611:Vaccination; D014774:Virulence