Serotype distribution of meningococci isolated in South Australia 1971 through 1980
| Autor: | F. E. Ashton, A. Ryan, D. Hansman, B. B. Diena |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Serotype
Time Factors biology Neisseria meningitidis Immunology Australia General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Meningococcal disease medicine.disease Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology Group B Genetics medicine Humans Sporadic disease Neisseriaceae Serotyping Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 30:1289-1291 |
| ISSN: | 1480-3275 0008-4166 |
| DOI: | 10.1139/m84-204 |
| Popis: | The serotypes of meningococci isolated from 76 sporadic cases of meningococcal disease in South Australia during the years 1971 through 1980 were determined. Thirty-four (56%) of the 61 group B strains were nontypable; the remainder were of five serotypes namely 8 (16%), 1 (13%), 2 (2a and 2b) (9%), 12 (3%), and 15 (3%). Four of the five group B type 2 strains were serotype 2b. Serotype 2a accounted for four of seven group C strains and four of five group W135 strains. Overall serotypes 2 (2a and 2b) (17%), 8 (13%), and 1 (10%) occurred most frequently amongst the typable strains, whereas 40 (53%) of the 76 strains were nontypable. The results indicate that several serotypes and many nontypable strains were responsible for the sporadic disease occurring during a 10-year period in Australia. |
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