Abstract
Serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis was the main cause of invasive meningococcal disease in Chile during 2012. The case-fatality rate for this disease was higher than in previous years. Genotyping of meningococci isolated from casepatients identified the hypervirulent lineage W:P1.5,2:ST-11, which contained allele 22 of the fHbp gene.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 339-341 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
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