B:2a:P1.5 Meningococcal Strains Likely Arisen from Capsular Switching Event Still Spreading in Spain
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 47 (2) , 463-465
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01495-08
Abstract
Eighteen clustered cases of meningococcal disease associated with B:2a:P1.5 strains doubled the annual incidence up to 4.3 × 10 5 in Navarra, Spain, in 2007. Eleven percent of cases were fatalities, and 74% of cases were individuals 10 to 24 years old. This is the third cluster associated with this strain in northern Spain since 2001.Keywords
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