Replacement of Neisseria meningitidis C cc11/ET-15 variant by a cc103 hypervirulent clone, Brazil 2005-2011

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Guilherme Sardinha ; Soraia Cordeiro ; Erica Gomes ; Cinthia Romanelli ; Claudia Andrade ; Joice Reis ; Ivano de Filippis
• 关键词：Neisseria meningitidis C ; Meningococcal disease ; MLST ; Hypervirulent clone ; Brazil
• 刊名：Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：August, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：76
• 期：4
• 页码：524-525
• 全文大小：308 K

文摘

Outbreaks caused by serogroup C meningococci in the northeast region of Brazil from 2005 to 2011 were associated to the emergence of variant ET-15 of cc11, which has been replaced by cc103 from 2006 to date. The increase of cc103 should be closely monitored to prevent the spread of this clone to neighbouring regions.