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
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
