Genetic changes causing severe Kent MenB outbreak, scientists confirm

Scientists say they have pinpointed the genetic changes that made the deadly meningitis B (MenB) outbreak in Kent earlier this year so severe. Researchers from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), University of Oxford and a collaboration of academic institutions used bacterial genome sequencing to compare the Kent outbreak strains against thousands of meningococcal genomes...Read moreThe post Genetic changes causing severe Kent MenB outbreak, scientists confirm appeared first on Nursing in Pra