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. 2010 Jan;16(1):113-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1601.091026.

Cluster of serogroup W135 meningococci, southeastern Florida, 2008-2009

Timothy J Doyle  1 , Alvaro Mejia-Echeverry, Paul Fiorella, Fermin Leguen, John Livengood, Robyn Kay, Richard Hopkins
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Cluster of serogroup W135 meningococci, southeastern Florida, 2008-2009

Timothy J Doyle et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jan.

Abstract

Recently, 14 persons in southeastern Florida were identified with Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 invasive infections. All isolates tested had matching or near-matching pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns and belonged to the multilocus sequence type 11 clonal complex. The epidemiologic investigation suggested recent endemic transmission of this clonal complex in southeastern Florida.

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Figure 1
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns for 14 related and 4 unrelated isolates of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, Florida, USA.
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Figure 2
Confirmed meningococcal disease cases, by month of onset, Florida, USA, May 2008–April 2009.
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