title: Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from an outbreak of meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men, Chicago, Illinois, 2003.
abstract: We characterized five Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C isolates from a Chicago outbreak of meningococcal disease that occurred in 2003 among a community of men who have sex with men. Isolates from this outbreak were identical to each other but distinct from the clone that caused a similar outbreak in Canada in 2001.
authors.affiliation: Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, DBD, NCIRD, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. zma6@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmink
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Garry B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Coulson
authors.forename: Roderick C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Pamela S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Leonard W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Patricia P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wilkins
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Messonnier
authors.forename: Susan I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S