Increase in Meningococcal Serogroup W Disease, Victoria, Australia, 2013–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Carville, Kylie S. ; Stevens, Kerrie ; Sohail, Asma ; Franklin, Lucinda J. ; Bond, Katherine A. ; Brahmi, Aicha ; Romanes, Finn ; Ong, Katherine S.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Incidence Infant Male Meningococcal Infections Middle Aged Neisseria Meningitidis Serotyping Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(10):1785-1787.
• Pubmed ID:
  27648521
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5038431
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Victoria, Australia
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b5bab6ce1f2f3c198674acc848555d0c94b731c2f9a103e6ee9a2568c87721f3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42747/cdc_42747_DS1.pdf
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