Increase in meningococcal disease associated with the emergence of a novel ST-11 variant of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis in Victoria, Australia, 1999-2000

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-14

  Tribe, D E ^a   Zaia, A M ^a   Griffith, J M ^a   Robinson, P M ^b   Li, H Y ^a   Taylor, K N ^b   Hogg, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Human Services ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0036195608     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268801006343     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Meningococcal disease
2. Population genetics and molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis
3. Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics
4. Changing epidemiology of meningococcal invasive disease in the Czech Republic caused by a new clone Neisseria meningitidis C:2a: P1.2(P1.5), ET-15/37
5. The changing epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in Canada, 1985-1992: Emergence of a virulent clone of Neisseria meningitidis
6. A cluster of meningococcal disease in western Sydney, Australia initially associated with a nightclub
7. Recent emergence of serogroup C meningococcal disease in Greece
8. Population genetics of a transformable bacterium: The influence of horizontal genetic exchange on the biology of Neisseria meningitidis
9. Multilocus sequence typing: A portable approach to the identification of clones within populations of pathogenic microorganisms
10. Molecular basis for distinction of the ET-15 clone within the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis
11. Genetic and antigenic characteristics of Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in the Czech republic in 1997-1998
12. Evaluation of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis in epidemiological investigations of meningococcal disease outbreaks caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C
13. A dot-immunobinding assay for monoclonal and other antibodies
14. Genomic fingerprinting of Neisseria meningitidis associated with group C meningococcal disease in Canada
15. Interpreting chromosonal DNA restriction patterns produce by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: Criteria for bacterial strain typing
16. Multilocus sequence typing and antigen gene sequencing in the investigation of a meningococcal disease outbreak
17. Diversity and prevalence of PorA types in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in the United States, 1992-1998
18. Correlation between serological and sequencing analyses of the PorB outer membrane protein in the Neisseria meningitidis serotyping system
19. Epi Info, Version 6: A word processing, data base and statistics program for epidemiology on microcomputers
20. Expression of an inaccessible P1.7 subtype epitope on meningococcal class 1 proteins
21. Antigenic variation of the class I outer membrane protein in hyperendemic Neisseria meningitidis strains in the Netherlands
22. Shift in the age-distribution of meningococcal disease as predictor of an epidemic?
23. Serogroup C meningococcal outbreaks in the United States: An emerging threat
24. Microevolution through DNA exchange among strains of Neisseria meningitidis isolated during an outbreak in the Czech republic
25. Serogroup B electrophoretic type 15 Neisseria meningitidis in Canada
26. Genetic characterization of a new variant within the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis associated with outbreaks in various parts of the world
27. New Zealand epidemic of meningococcal disease identified by a strain with phenotype B:4:P1.4
28. Human B and T-cell responses after immunization with a hexavalent PorA meningococcal membrane vesicle vaccine
29. Epidemic spread and antigenic variability of Neisseria meningitidis
30. Phenotypic and genotypic approaches to characterisation of isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from patients and their close family contacts