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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.140746
Personal Author:
Araya, Pamela ; Fernández, Jorge ; Del Canto, Felipe ; Seoane, Mabel ; Ibarz-Pavón, Ana B. ; ... More +
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. Less -
Description:
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.
Subject:
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Genes, Bacterial
History, 21st Century
Humans
Meningitis, Meningococcal/epidemiology
Meningitis, Meningococcal/history
Meningitis, Meningococcal/microbiology
Molecular Typing
Neisseria Meningitidis
Population Surveillance
Serotyping

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(2):339-341.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Genre:
Historical Article
Place as Subject:
Chile
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:a3a65d9d2456835071a77e82a5a05f3b44014162aa74836fa82a4e7d7068b0c8
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