CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China

Baohua He; Zhaoyi Jia; Haijian Zhou; Yingtong Wang; Xia Jiang; Hongsheng Ma; Zhenyu Qian; Xiaoli Liu; Zhujun Shao; Suliang Chen; Yinqi Sun

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022

CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China

Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec:29:113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
² State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
³ Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: hbsunyq@hotmail.com.

PMID: 25461240
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.08.022

Abstract

Neisseria meningitidis is a major public health concern worldwide, including China. A few cases of serogroup W meningococcal disease have been reported in southeast China in recent years. Thus far, invasive disease due to W isolates has involved sequence type 11. We report two cases of N. meningitidis infection caused by CC4821 serogroup W strains.

Keywords: CC4821; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup W.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
China
Female
Humans
Infant
Meningococcal Infections / diagnosis
Meningococcal Infections / microbiology*
Neisseria meningitidis / classification
Neisseria meningitidis / genetics
Neisseria meningitidis / isolation & purification*
Serogroup