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Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013
Letter

Travel-related Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 Infection, France

Muhamed-Kheir TahaComments to Author , Adèle Kacou-N’Douba, Eva Hong, Ala Eddine Deghmane, Dario Giorgini, Sophia Lurette Okpo, Tatiana Kangah, and Mireille Dosso
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (M.-K. Taha, E. Hong, A.E. Deghmane, D. Giorgini); Institut Pasteur, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (A. Kacou-N’Douba, S.L. Okpo, T. Kangah, M. Dosso)

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Table

Characteristics of serogroup W135 Neisseria meningitidis isolates from patients in France and Côte d'Ivoire, 2012

Patient no. Location† Date of illness onset Travel history Date of return from travel Patient age/sex Test site N. meningitidis isolate test results
Sero ST CC PorA VR1 PorA VR2 FetA penA
1 France/ Paris region Jan 14 Benin 2011 Dec 28 1 y/M CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
2 France/ Loire Feb 15 Senegal Feb 12 62 y/F Blood 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
3 France/ Rhône-Alpes Feb 19 Senegal Feb 19 53 y/F Blood 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
4 France/ Paris region Feb 27 Mali Feb 23 4 y/M AF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
5 France/ Paris region Mar 3 Mali
(family) UNK 5 y/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
6 France/ Paris region Mar 6 Senegal
(father) Feb 26 4 mo/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
7 Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto Feb 3 UNK NA 12 y/M CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
8 Côte d'Ivoire/ Korhogo Feb 3 UNK NA 18 y/M CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
9 Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto Feb 23 UNK NA 7 y/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
10 Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto Feb 24 UNK NA 65 y/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
11 Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto Feb 24 UNK NA 1 y/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
12 Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela Feb 24 UNK NA 19 y/F CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
13 Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela Feb 24 UNK NA 3 y/M CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1
14 Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela Feb 24 UNK NA 5 y/M CSF 2a 11 11 5 2 F1-1 1

*All patients had meningitis except patients 2 and 3, who had bronchopneumonia and septicemia, and patient 4, who had arthritis. Sero, serotype; ST, sequence type, CC, clonal complex; VR, variable region; UNK, unknown; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; AF, articular fluid; NA, not applicable.
†Country/region where case was reported.

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