Outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease caused by a variant of Neisseria meningitidis serotype 2a ET-15 in a community of men who have sex with men |
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| Authors: | Tsang Raymond S W Kiefer Lori Law Dennis K S Stoltz Jan Shahin Rita Brown Shirley Jamieson Frances |
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| Affiliation: | National Microbiology Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. rtsang@hc-sc.gc.ca |
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| Abstract: | We describe an outbreak, in a community of men who have sex with men, of serogroup C meningococcal disease caused by a genetic variant of the serotype 2a ET-15 Neisseria meningitidis characterized by a point mutation in the gene coding for the serotype 2a antigen. A microbiological characterization of the outbreak strain is presented in this report. |
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