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High case-fatality rates of meningococcal disease in Western Norway caused by serogroup C strains belonging to both sequence type (ST)-32 and ST-11 complexes, 1985-2002.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Dec 2006
Smith I, Caugant D A, Høiby E A, Wentzel-Larsen T, Halstensen A
Abstract excerpt
A total of 293 meningococcal disease (McD) patients from Western Norway hospitalized during 1985-2002 were examined for risk factors related to death. The case-fatality rate (CFR) increased from 4% during 1985-1993 to 17% during 1994-2002. We analysed the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the meningococcal patient isolates, with the aim of identifying whether highly virulent meningococcal strains...
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