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. 2015 Feb;21(2):339-41.
doi: 10.3201/eid2102.140746.

Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 clonal complex, Chile 2012

Pamela Araya, Jorge Fernández, Felipe Del Canto, Mabel Seoane, Ana B Ibarz-Pavón, Gisselle Barra, Paola Pidal, Janepsy Díaz, Juan C Hormazábal, María T Valenzuela

Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 clonal complex, Chile 2012

Pamela Araya et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Feb.

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 case-patients identified the hypervirulent lineage W:P1.5,2:ST-11, which contained allele 22 of the fHbp gene.

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