Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Research
Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type and Risk for Death, Iceland
Magnús Gottfreðsson*†
, Mathew A. Diggle‡, David I. Lawrie‡, Helga Erlendsdóttir*, Hjördís Harðardóttir*, Karl G. Kristinsson*†, and Stuart C. Clarke‡§
, Mathew A. Diggle‡, David I. Lawrie‡, Helga Erlendsdóttir*, Hjördís Harðardóttir*, Karl G. Kristinsson*†, and Stuart C. Clarke‡§
Table 3
Association between meningococcal sequence types (STs), serogroups, and death, Iceland, 1977–2004*
| ST | Serogroup A |
Serogroup B |
Serogroup C |
Total |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. isolates | No. deaths | No. isolates | No. deaths | No. isolates | No. deaths | No. isolates | No. deaths (%) | |
| 32 | 86 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 7 (8) | |||
| 11 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 72 | 6 (8) | |||
| 10 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2 (5) | ||
| 3492 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 28 | 4 (14) | |||
| 8 | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| 1314 | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| 206 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 (11) | |||
| 1323 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 60 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| 2266 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 44 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 275 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 (25) | ||||
| 40 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 41 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 (33) | ||||
| 162 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 (33) | |||
| 3435 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 (67) | ||||
| 3464 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 23 | 2† | 1 (50) | ||||||
| 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1328 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 (50) | ||||
| 3710 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
*All STs that were encountered more than once are shown. Blank cells indicate zero values. Unique STs are shown in italics; 19 unique STs were found. Of 362 cases, 53 were caused by strains with unique STs and 309 by other STs.
†Both isolates were serogroup Y.
Page created: December 19, 2011
Page updated: December 19, 2011
Page reviewed: December 19, 2011
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.