CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China

Autor: Baohua He, Zhaoyi Jia, Haijian Zhou, Yingtong Wang, Xia Jiang, Hongsheng Ma, Zhenyu Qian, Xiaoli Liu, Zhujun Shao, Suliang Chen, Yinqi Sun
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss C, Pp 113-114 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1201-9712
1878-3511
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022
Popis: Neisseria meningitidis is a major public health concern worldwide, including China. A few cases of serogroup W meningococcal disease have been reported in southeast China in recent years. Thus far, invasive disease due to W isolates has involved sequence type 11. We report two cases of N. meningitidis infection caused by CC4821 serogroup W strains.
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