Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due t...

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Autors principals: Gregory J. Tyrrell, Linda Chui, Marcia Johnson, Nicholas Chang, Robert P. Rennie, James A. Talbot
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-05-01
Col·lecció:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Accés en línia:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/5/01-0337_article