Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due t...

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Autores principales: Tyrrell, Gregory J., Chui, Linda, Johnson, Marcia, Chang, Nicholas, Rennie, Robert P., Talbot, James A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3393379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996690
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010337
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Chui, Linda
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Talbot, James A.
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description From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due to a single clone and close relatives of this clone. This strain had not been previously identified in the province of Alberta dating back to January 1997
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spelling pubmed-33933792012-07-20 Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Tyrrell, Gregory J. Chui, Linda Johnson, Marcia Chang, Nicholas Rennie, Robert P. Talbot, James A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due to a single clone and close relatives of this clone. This strain had not been previously identified in the province of Alberta dating back to January 1997 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3393379/ /pubmed/11996690 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010337 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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