Cluster of serogroup W135 meningococci, southeastern Florida, 2008-2009

Cluster of serogroup W135 meningococci, southeastern Florida, 2008-2009

Recently, 14 persons in southeastern Florida were identified with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 invasive infections. All isolates tested had matching or near-matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and belonged to the multilocus sequence type 11 clonal complex. The epidemiologic i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2010-01, Vol.16 (1), p.113-115
Hauptverfasser: Doyle, Timothy J, Mejia-Echeverry, Alvaro, Fiorella, Paul, Leguen, Fermin, Livengood, John, Kay, Robyn, Hopkins, Richard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
bacteria
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Florida
Florida - epidemiology
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Meningitis
Meningococcal disease
Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology
Meningococcal Infections - microbiology
Middle Aged
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135
outbreak
serogroup W135
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Recently, 14 persons in southeastern Florida were identified with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 invasive infections. All isolates tested had matching or near-matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and belonged to the multilocus sequence type 11 clonal complex. The epidemiologic investigation suggested recent endemic transmission of this clonal complex in southeastern Florida.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1601.091026