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A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W among university students, France, February to May 2017.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 13 Jul 2017
Bassi Clément, Taha Muhamed-Kheir, Merle Christian, Hong Eva, Lévy-Bruhl Daniel, Barret Anne-Sophie, Mounchetrou Njoya Ibrahim
Abstract excerpt
Between February and May 2017, two cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by a new, rapidly expanding serogroup W meningococci variant were reported among students of an international university in Paris. Bacteriological investigations showed that isolates shared identical genotypic formula (W:P1.5,2:F1-1:cc11) and belonged to the South American/UK lineage. A vaccination campaign was organised that aimed...
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