Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 Clonal Complex, Chile 2012

Serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis was the main cause of invasive meningococcal disease in Chile during 2012. The case-fatality rate for this disease was higher than in previous years. Genotyping of meningococci isolated from case-patients identified the hypervirulent lineage W:P1.5,2:ST-11, which c...

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Autores principales: Araya, Pamela, Fernández, Jorge, Del Canto, Felipe, Seoane, Mabel, Ibarz-Pavón, Ana B., Barra, Gisselle, Pidal, Paola, Díaz, Janepsy, Hormazábal, Juan C., Valenzuela, María T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.140746
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Sumario:Serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis was the main cause of invasive meningococcal disease in Chile during 2012. The case-fatality rate for this disease was higher than in previous years. Genotyping of meningococci isolated from case-patients identified the hypervirulent lineage W:P1.5,2:ST-11, which contained allele 22 of the fHbp gene.

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