Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016

We analyzed data from the 2015 and 2016 meningitis epidemic seasons in Central African Republic as part of the national disease surveillance. Of 80 tested specimens, 66 belonged to meningococcal serogroup W. Further analysis found that 97.7% of 44 isolates belonged to the hyperinvasive clonal comple...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Frank, Thierry, Hong, Eva, Mbecko, Jean-Robert, Lombart, Jean-Pierre, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Rubbo, Pierre-Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170817
_version_ 1783365252084137984
author Frank, Thierry
Hong, Eva
Mbecko, Jean-Robert
Lombart, Jean-Pierre
Taha, Muhamed-Kheir
Rubbo, Pierre-Alain
author_facet Frank, Thierry
Hong, Eva
Mbecko, Jean-Robert
Lombart, Jean-Pierre
Taha, Muhamed-Kheir
Rubbo, Pierre-Alain
author_sort Frank, Thierry
collection PubMed
description We analyzed data from the 2015 and 2016 meningitis epidemic seasons in Central African Republic as part of the national disease surveillance. Of 80 tested specimens, 66 belonged to meningococcal serogroup W. Further analysis found that 97.7% of 44 isolates belonged to the hyperinvasive clonal complex sequence type 11.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6199983
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2018
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-61999832018-11-08 Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016 Frank, Thierry Hong, Eva Mbecko, Jean-Robert Lombart, Jean-Pierre Taha, Muhamed-Kheir Rubbo, Pierre-Alain Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We analyzed data from the 2015 and 2016 meningitis epidemic seasons in Central African Republic as part of the national disease surveillance. Of 80 tested specimens, 66 belonged to meningococcal serogroup W. Further analysis found that 97.7% of 44 isolates belonged to the hyperinvasive clonal complex sequence type 11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6199983/ /pubmed/30334720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170817 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.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Frank, Thierry
Hong, Eva
Mbecko, Jean-Robert
Lombart, Jean-Pierre
Taha, Muhamed-Kheir
Rubbo, Pierre-Alain
Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title_full Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title_fullStr Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title_full_unstemmed Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title_short Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Central African Republic, 2015–2016
title_sort emergence of neisseria meningitidis serogroup w, central african republic, 2015–2016
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30334720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2411.170817
work_keys_str_mv AT frankthierry emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016
AT hongeva emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016
AT mbeckojeanrobert emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016
AT lombartjeanpierre emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016
AT tahamuhamedkheir emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016
AT rubbopierrealain emergenceofneisseriameningitidisserogroupwcentralafricanrepublic20152016

Ejemplares similares