Increase in Endemic Neisseria meningitidis Capsular Group W Sequence Type 11 Complex Associated With Severe Invasive Disease in England and Wales | Zendy

Shamez Ladhani | Zendy; Kazim Beebeejaun | Zendy; Jay Lucidarme | Zendy; Helen Campbell | Zendy; Steve Gray | Zendy; Ed Kaczmarski | Zendy; Mary Ramsay | Zendy; Ray Borrow | Zendy

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Increase in Endemic Neisseria meningitidis Capsular Group W Sequence Type 11 Complex Associated With Severe Invasive Disease in England and Wales

Author(s) -

Shamez Ladhani,

Kazim Beebeejaun,

Jay Lucidarme,

Helen Campbell,

Steve Gray,

Ed Kaczmarski,

Mary Ramsay,

Ray Borrow

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu881

Subject(s) - medicine , neisseria meningitidis , epiglottitis , outbreak , incidence (geometry) , meningitis , pneumonia , pediatrics , disease , public health , meningococcal disease , epidemiology , virology , biology , genetics , bacteria , physics , nursing , optics

In England and Wales, the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease has been declining for more than a decade, but meningococcal group W (MenW) cases have been increasing since 2009.

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