Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 Clonal Complex, Chile 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  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
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a3a65d9d2456835071a77e82a5a05f3b44014162aa74836fa82a4e7d7068b0c8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27423/cdc_27423_DS1.pdf
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