Outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease caused by a variant of Neisseria meningitidis serotype 2a ET-15 in a community of men who have sex with men.
We describe an outbreak, in a community of men who have sex with men, of serogroup C meningococcal disease caused by a genetic variant of the serotype 2a ET-15 Neisseria meningitidis characterized by a point mutation in the gene coding for the serotype 2a antigen. A microbiological characterization of the outbreak strain is presented in this report.
Tsang
Raymond S W
RS
National Microbiology Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. rtsang@hc-sc.gc.ca
Kiefer
Lori
L
Law
Dennis K S
DK
Stoltz
Jan
J
Shahin
Rita
R
Brown
Shirley
S
Jamieson
Frances
F
D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping
D004269:DNA, Bacterial