|
|||||
|
|
Spread of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clone,China |
|
| Authors: | Haijian Zhou Wei Liu Li Xu Lili Deng Qiuyun Deng Jiatong Zhuo Zhujun Shao |
| Affiliation: | National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (H. Zhou, L. Xu, Z. Shao); ;State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing (H. Zhou, Z. Shao); ;Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, People’s Republic of China (W. Liu, L. Deng, Q. Deng, J. Zhuo) |
| Abstract: | During February 2011–June 2012, invasive infection with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W was identified in 11 persons in southeastern China. All isolates tested had matching or near-matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and belonged to multilocus sequence type 11. The epidemiologic investigation suggested recent transmission of this clonal complex in southeastern China. |
| Keywords: | Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 meningococcal infections multilocus sequence typing China bacteria |