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Increase in endemic Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W sequence type 11 complex associated with severe invasive disease in England and Wales.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Feb 2015
Ladhani Shamez N, Beebeejaun Kazim, Lucidarme Jay, Campbell Helen, Gray Steve, Kaczmarski Ed, Ramsay Mary E, Borrow Ray
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BACKGROUND: In England and Wales, the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease has been declining for more than a decade, but meningococcal group W (MenW) cases have been increasing since 2009. METHODS: Public Health England conducts enhanced national surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in England and Wales. Detailed clinical information was obtained for all laboratory-confirmed MenW cases diagnosed...
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