Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023
Synopsis
Detection of Novel US Neisseria meningitidis Urethritis Clade Subtypes in Japan
Figure 3
![Phylogenetic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis from different countries in study of detection of novel US N. meningitidis urethritis clade subtypes in Japan. Strains isolated from patients with IMD (red font) or STI (blue font), serogroup (NG or C), and country of origin are indicated. US_NmUC, J_NmUC, and J_NmUC-II N. meningitidis isolates have detailed profiles (Appendix 1 Table). We included 1 sequence type 11 N. meningitidis strain isolated in Japan from a patient with an STI (SK028) and 4 serogroup C meningococci (MenC) that were phylogenetically close to SK028 (PE5, PE6, PE7, and LNP26948) (29). Moreover, we included 7 MenC phylogenetically close to US_NmUC (IMD strains in the United States) (31), 2 sequence type 11 MenC isolated from IMD patients during 2003–2020 in Japan (NIID647 and NIID716) (28), and 6 MenC phylogenetically close to the 2 MenC from Japan (28). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. C, serogroup C; IMD, invasive meningococcal disease; NG, nongroupable; STI, sexually transmitted infection.](/eid/images/23-1082-F3.jpg)
Figure 3. Phylogenetic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis from different countries in study of detection of novel US N. meningitidis urethritis clade subtypes in Japan. Strains isolated from patients with IMD (red font) or STI (blue font), serogroup (NG or C), and country of origin are indicated. US_NmUC, J_NmUC, and J_NmUC-II N. meningitidis isolates have detailed profiles (Appendix 1 Table). We included 1 sequence type 11 N. meningitidis strain isolated in Japan from a patient with an STI (SK028) and 4 serogroup C meningococci (MenC) that were phylogenetically close to SK028 (PE5, PE6, PE7, and LNP26948) (29). Moreover, we included 7 MenC phylogenetically close to US_NmUC (IMD strains in the United States) (31), 2 sequence type 11 MenC isolated from IMD patients during 2003–2020 in Japan (NIID647 and NIID716) (28), and 6 MenC phylogenetically close to the 2 MenC from Japan (28). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. C, serogroup C; IMD, invasive meningococcal disease; NG, nongroupable; STI, sexually transmitted infection.
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