Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013
Dispatch
Spread of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Clone, China
Table
Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients with ST11 serogroup W meningococcal disease, China, 2011–2012*
Patient ID | Age, y/sex | Date of symptom onset | Province of onset | Patient occupation | Outcome | Method of diagnosis | ST11 W strains from close contacts (no.) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1† | 16/M | 2011 Feb 12 | Guangxi | Student | Survived | Strain isolation/ PCR | No |
2 | 19/M | 2011 Apr 1 | Jiangsu | Factory worker | Died | Strain isolation | No |
3 | 19/F | 2011 Apr 20 | Zhejiang | Factory worker | Died | Strain isolation | No |
4† | 18/M | 2011 Apr 27 | Guangxi | Student | Survived | Strain isolation/ PCR | Yes (8) |
5† | 46/M | 2011 May 4 | Guangxi | Farmer | Survived | Strain isolation/ PCR | No |
6† | 22/F | 2011 Oct 13 | Guangdong | Factory worker | Survived | PCR | Yes (1) |
7 | 35/M | 2012 Feb 1 | Guangdong | Factory worker | Survived | Strain isolation | No |
8† | 23/M | 2012 Feb 2 | Guangxi | Factory worker | Survived | PCR | Yes (1) |
9 | 14/M | 2012 Feb 14 | Anhui | Student | Died | Strain isolation | Yes (4) |
10 | 3/M | 2012 Mar 27 | Henan | Student | Survived | Strain isolation | Yes (2) |
11 | 9/M | 2012 Jun 18 | Hunan | Student | Survived | Strain isolation | No |
*ID, identification; ST, sequence type.
†Multilocus sequence typing results were obtained from cerebrospinal fluid but not from strains.
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1These authors contributed equally to this article.