Increase in Meningococcal Serogroup W Disease, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2015

In Victoria, Australia, invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W increased from 4% of all cases in 2013 to 30% in 2015. This increase resulted largely from strains similar to those in the serogroup W sequence type 11 clonal complex, previously described in the Unit...

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Autores principales: Carville, Kylie S., Stevens, Kerrie, Sohail, Asma, Franklin, Lucinda J., Bond, Katherine A., Brahmi, Aicha, Romanes, Finn, Ong, Katherine S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151935
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Sumario:In Victoria, Australia, invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W increased from 4% of all cases in 2013 to 30% in 2015. This increase resulted largely from strains similar to those in the serogroup W sequence type 11 clonal complex, previously described in the United Kingdom and South America.

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