CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China

Baohua He; Zhaoyi Jia; Haijian Zhou; Yingtong Wang; Xia Jiang; Hongsheng Ma; Zhenyu Qian; Xiaoli Liu; Zhujun Shao; Suliang Chen; Yinqi Sun

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022

International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Dec 2014)

CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China

Baohua He,
Zhaoyi Jia,
Haijian Zhou,
Yingtong Wang,
Xia Jiang,
Hongsheng Ma,
Zhenyu Qian,
Xiaoli Liu,
Zhujun Shao,
Suliang Chen,
Yinqi Sun

Affiliations

Baohua He: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Zhaoyi Jia: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Haijian Zhou: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Yingtong Wang: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Xia Jiang: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Hongsheng Ma: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Zhenyu Qian: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Xiaoli Liu: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Zhujun Shao: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Suliang Chen: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China
Yinqi Sun: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai’an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. C
pp. 113 – 114

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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.

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1201-9712 (Print); 1878-3511 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-infectious-diseases/

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