Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and classified into 13serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.1 Serogroups A, B, C, W135 and Y are the most c...Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and classified into 13serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.1 Serogroups A, B, C, W135 and Y are the most common causes of meningitis.2 Among them, serogroup A and C are the major causes of epidemics in Africa and Asia.2 Most of the epidemic outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis are caused by serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strain from the 1950s to the 1980s in China.3 During the years 2003 and 2005, a new sequence type （ST-4821） of serogroup C was identified in the Anhui and 11 other provinces of China.4展开更多
Neisseria meningitidis （N. meningitidis） is classified into 13 serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.Serogourp-s A,B and C are responsible for over 90% of meningococcal dise...Neisseria meningitidis （N. meningitidis） is classified into 13 serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.Serogourp-s A,B and C are responsible for over 90% of meningococcal disease.2 In developed countries, endemic disease is generally caused by serogroups B and C.展开更多
To the editor：The serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis （N.meningitidis） strains are distributed with distinct regional characteristic？ Historically,meningococcal diseases in China have mainly been caused by serogr...To the editor：The serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis （N.meningitidis） strains are distributed with distinct regional characteristic？ Historically,meningococcal diseases in China have mainly been caused by serogroup A.2 Since the outbreaks in the Anhui province in 2003 and 2004,N.meningitidis serogroups A and C have become the major causative agents for most meningococcal diseases and most of serogroup A/serogroup C isolates belong to the ST-7/ST4821 complex,respectively.3 Strains of the serogroup C belonging to the ST-11/ET37 clonal complex which is prevalent in North America,Europe and Africa had previously not been observed in China.However,an isolate from a Kuwaiti case that resulted in the patient＇s death was identified as serogroup C ST-11/ET37 N.meningitidis clonal complex in July,2011,in Beijing.This is the first ST-1 lclonal complex serogroup C N.Meningitidis strain in China.展开更多
文摘Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis and classified into 13serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.1 Serogroups A, B, C, W135 and Y are the most common causes of meningitis.2 Among them, serogroup A and C are the major causes of epidemics in Africa and Asia.2 Most of the epidemic outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis are caused by serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strain from the 1950s to the 1980s in China.3 During the years 2003 and 2005, a new sequence type （ST-4821） of serogroup C was identified in the Anhui and 11 other provinces of China.4
文摘Neisseria meningitidis （N. meningitidis） is classified into 13 serogroups based on the immunological reactivity of the capsular polysaccharide.Serogourp-s A,B and C are responsible for over 90% of meningococcal disease.2 In developed countries, endemic disease is generally caused by serogroups B and C.
文摘To the editor：The serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis （N.meningitidis） strains are distributed with distinct regional characteristic？ Historically,meningococcal diseases in China have mainly been caused by serogroup A.2 Since the outbreaks in the Anhui province in 2003 and 2004,N.meningitidis serogroups A and C have become the major causative agents for most meningococcal diseases and most of serogroup A/serogroup C isolates belong to the ST-7/ST4821 complex,respectively.3 Strains of the serogroup C belonging to the ST-11/ET37 clonal complex which is prevalent in North America,Europe and Africa had previously not been observed in China.However,an isolate from a Kuwaiti case that resulted in the patient＇s death was identified as serogroup C ST-11/ET37 N.meningitidis clonal complex in July,2011,in Beijing.This is the first ST-1 lclonal complex serogroup C N.Meningitidis strain in China.
