Comparison of Serogroup W-135 Meningococci Isolated in Sweden during a 23-Year Period and Those Associated with a Recent Hajj Pilgrimage-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Comparison of Serogroup W-135 Meningococci Isolated in Sweden during a 23-Year Period and Those Associated with a Recent Hajj Pilgrimage

Published:2001-07 Issue:7 Volume:39 Page:2695-2699
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Mölling Paula¹,Bäckman Anders¹,Olcén Per¹,Fredlund Hans¹²

Affiliation:

1. National Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria1 and

2. Unit for Infectious Disease Control,2 Department of Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital,Örebro, Sweden

Abstract

ABSTRACT An outbreak of serogroup W-135 meningococcal disease was reported among pilgrims returning from the annual hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) in mid-March 2000. Molecular characterization was used to investigate the similarity of the hajj-associated W-135 strains with those isolated in Sweden during a 23-year period (1978 to 2000). The same hajj-associated genosubtype, genosubtype P1.5,2,36b, has been documented in Sweden since 1979, while pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and the sulfadiazine resistance of the W-135 isolates indicated that the outbreak was probably due to a new clone of W-135 meningococci.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.39.7.2695-2699.2001

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