Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Tyrrell, Gregory J. ; Chui, Linda ; Johnson, Marcia ; Chang, Nicholas ; Rennie, Robert P. ; Talbot, James A.
• Corporate Authors:
  The Edmonton Meningococcal Study Group
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Alberta Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Meningitis, Meningococcal Meningococcal Vaccines Middle Aged Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Serotyping

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(5):519-521.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:51dbfce5dbef0b804a870ffa3453c0e5743098e61ad59489e7f7a66447d27602
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13834/cdc_13834_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 312.28 KB ]