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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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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author Carville, Kylie S.
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Franklin, Lucinda J.
Bond, Katherine A.
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Romanes, Finn
Ong, Katherine S.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-50384312016-10-12 Increase in Meningococcal Serogroup W Disease, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2015 Carville, Kylie S. Stevens, Kerrie Sohail, Asma Franklin, Lucinda J. Bond, Katherine A. Brahmi, Aicha Romanes, Finn Ong, Katherine S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5038431/ /pubmed/27648521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.151935 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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Increase in Meningococcal Serogroup W Disease, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2015
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