title: CC4821 serogroup W meningococcal disease in China.
abstract: Neisseria meningitidis is a major public health concern worldwide, including China. A few cases of serogroup W meningococcal disease have been reported in southeast China in recent years. Thus far, invasive disease due to W isolates has involved sequence type 11. We report two cases of N. meningitidis infection caused by CC4821 serogroup W strains.
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Baohua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhaoyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Haijian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yingtong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongsheng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhenyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhujun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Suliang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Hebei Province Center for Disease Prevention and Control, No. 97 Huai'an Donglu, Shijiazhuang 050021, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: hbsunyq@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Yinqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D065288:Serogroup
keywords: CC4821; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup W