Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Dispatch
Spread of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clone, China
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Figure 1. . PFGE patterns for 22 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W strains (6 from reported patients, 16 from close contacts) isolated during 2011–2012 and 3 isolated during 2006–2008, China. All isolates were sequence type 11 (determined by multilocus sequence typing) and PorA type P1.5,2. PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Scale bars indicates percent similarity.
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