Outbreak of Serogroup C Meningococcal Disease Caused by a Variant of Neisseria meningitidis Serotype 2a ET-15 in a Community of Men Who Have Sex with Men-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Outbreak of Serogroup C Meningococcal Disease Caused by a Variant of Neisseria meningitidis Serotype 2a ET-15 in a Community of Men Who Have Sex with Men

Published:2003-09 Issue:9 Volume:41 Page:4411-4414
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Tsang Raymond S.W.¹,Kiefer Lori²,Law Dennis K. S.¹,Stoltz Jan¹,Shahin Rita²,Brown Shirley³,Jamieson Frances³

Affiliation:

1. National Microbiology Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health CanadaWinnipeg, Manitoba

2. Toronto Public Health

3. Ontario Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT We describe an outbreak, in a community of men who have sex with men, of serogroup C meningococcal disease caused by a genetic variant of the serotype 2a ET-15 Neisseria meningitidis characterized by a point mutation in the gene coding for the serotype 2a antigen. A microbiological characterization of the outbreak strain is presented in this report.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.41.9.4411-4414.2003

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