Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
From December 1999 to April 2001, the greater Edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. The outbreak was due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. Analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due to a single clone and close relatives of this clone. This strain had not been previously identified in the province of Alberta dating back to January 1997.
Tyrrell
Gregory J
GJ
Room 2B3.13 Walter Mackenzie Centre, The Provincial Laboratory of Public Health for Alberta, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J2, Canada. g.tyrrell@provlab.ab.ca
Chui
Linda
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Johnson
Marcia
M
Chang
Nicholas
N
Rennie
Robert P
RP
Talbot
James A
JA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012703:Serotyping
D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines