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Genetic and antigenic characterization of invasive endemic serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis from Ontario, Canada, in 2001-2010.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2013
Jamieson Frances B, Rawte Prasad, Deeks Shelley L, Zhou Jianwei, Law Dennis K S, Deng Saul, Tsang Raymond S W
Abstract excerpt
This study examined the antigenic and genetic diversity of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB) recovered from invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) cases in Ontario, Canada, over the period 2001-2010 during which no MenB outbreaks had occurred. MenB was found to be responsible for 39 % of all IMD cases, with the remaining cases caused mainly by serogroups Y (28 %), C (23.5 %) and W135 (8 %). One hundred and...
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