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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Main Authors: Timothy J. Doyle, Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, Paul Fiorella, Fermin Leguen, John Livengood, Robyn Kay, Richard Hopkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Meningococcal disease
serogroup W135
bacteria
Florida
outbreak
dispatch
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/1/09-1026_article

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