Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Agnememel, Alain
- Hong, Eva
- Giorgini, Dario
- Nuñez-Samudio, Viginia
- Deghmane, Ala-Eddine
- Taha, Muhamed-Kheir
Publication date
April 2016
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
International audienceThe epidemiology of meningococcal disease varies by geography and time. Whole-genome sequencing of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X isolates from sub-Saharan Africa and Europe showed that serogroup X emergence in sub-Saharan Africa resulted from expansion of particular variants within clonal complex 181. Virulence of these isolates in experimental mouse models was high
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