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

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2003 Sep 6

PMID 12958279

Citations 17

Authors

Raymond S W Tsang

Lori Kiefer

Dennis K S Law

Jan Stoltz

Rita Shahin

Shirley Brown

Frances Jamieson

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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.

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