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Detection of a geographical and endemic cluster of hyper-invasive meningococcal strains. [1]

Health and disease monitoring   [2]

Peer reviewed scientific article

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Authors

Sophie Bertrand [3]; Van Meervenne, Eva [4]; De Baere, Thierry [5]; Vanhoof, Raymond [6]; J-M Collard [7]; Ruckly, Corinne [8]; Taha, Muhamed [9]; Carion, Françoise [10]

Keywords

  1. ADOLESCENT [11]
  2. Adult [12]
  3. Aged [13]
  4. Belgium [14]
  5. Child, Preschool [15]
  6. Cluster Analysis [16]
  7. Disease Outbreaks [17]
  8. DNA, Bacterial [18]
  9. Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field [19]
  10. Evolution, Molecular [20]
  11. Female [21]
  12. Genome, Bacterial [22]
  13. Geography [23]
  14. Humans [24]
  15. Infant [25]
  16. Male [26]
  17. Meningococcal Infections [27]
  18. Microbial Sensitivity Tests [28]
  19. middle aged [29]
  20. Multilocus Sequence Typing [30]
  21. Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B [31]
  22. Retrospective Studies [32]
  23. Serotyping [33]
  24. Young adult [34]

Abstract:

From 2006 to December 2009, 45 out of the 513 strains isolated from patients with invasive meningococcal disease in Belgium, were identified as Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, non-serotypeable, subtype P1.14 (B:NT:P1.14). Most cases were geographically clustered in the northern part of the country. Multilocus Sequence Typing and antigen gene sequencing combined with Pulsed-Field Gel electrophoresis were used to investigate this cluster. Molecular typing showed that 39 out of these 45 N. meningitidis strains belonged to the clonal complex cc-269. The presence of the same PorA Variable Re…
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Abstract

From 2006 to December 2009, 45 out of the 513 strains isolated from patients with invasive meningococcal disease in Belgium, were identified as Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, non-serotypeable, subtype P1.14 (B:NT:P1.14). Most cases were geographically clustered in the northern part of the country. Multilocus Sequence Typing and antigen gene sequencing combined with Pulsed-Field Gel electrophoresis were used to investigate this cluster. Molecular typing showed that 39 out of these 45 N. meningitidis strains belonged to the clonal complex cc-269. The presence of the same PorA Variable Regions (VR1-VR2: 22, 14), the FetA allele (F5-1) and the highly similar Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis profiles, supported genetic relatedness for 38 out of these 39 isolates. Retrospective analysis of B:NT:P1.22,14 isolates from 1999 onwards suggested that these strains belonging to the cc-269 complex, first emerged in the Belgian province of West-Flanders in 2004. This study showed that the combination of molecular tools with classical methods enabled reliable outbreak detection as well as a cluster identification.

Associated health topics:

Health and disease monitoring [2]

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