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Journal of Infection

Volume 68, Issue 3, March 2014, Pages 296-297
Journal of Infection

Letter to the Editor
No evidence of clusters of serogroup C meningococcal disease in the Dutch MSM community

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Financial support and disclosure

The Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis is funded by the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). D. van de Beek received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Program under ECGA no. 279185 (EUCLIDS), Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw; NWO-Vidi grant 2010), Academic Medical Center (AMC Fellowship 2008), and the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 2011).

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