A cluster of meningococcal disease in western Sydney, Australia initially associated with a nightclub.

doi:10.1017/s0950268898008681

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A cluster of meningococcal disease in western Sydney, Australia initially associated with a nightclub.

Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 1998

Jelfs J, Jalaludin B, Munro R, Patel M, Kerr M, Daley D, Neville S, Capon A

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Fourteen cases of meningococcal disease (MD) occurred in August September 1996 in western Sydney, Australia. Seven of the 10 young adults affected had a direct or indirect link with a local nightclub. Ten of 11 systemic meningococcal isolates had the phenotype C:2a:P1.5 and showed close genetic r...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Australia
Child, Preschool
Cluster Analysis
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Humans
Male
Meningococcal Infections
Neisseria meningitidis
Phenotype

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