Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3768-3770, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.01190-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
Susanna Schmink,1*
John T. Watson,2
Garry B. Coulson,1,3
Roderick C. Jones,2
Pamela S. Diaz,2
Leonard W. Mayer,1
Patricia P. Wilkins,1
Nancy Messonnier,1
Susan I. Gerber,2 and
Marc Fischer1
Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,1
Chicago Department of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois,2
Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa3
Received 13 June 2007/
Returned for modification 20 July 2007/
Accepted 21 August 2007
We characterized five Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C isolates from a Chicago outbreak of meningococcal disease that occurred in 2003 among a community of men who have sex with men. Isolates from this outbreak were identical to each other but distinct from the clone that caused a similar outbreak in Canada in 2001.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, DBD, NCIRD, CDC, Mailstop D-11, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-1380. Fax: (404) 639-4421. E-mail: zma6{at}cdc.gov
Published ahead of print on 29 August 2007.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, p. 3768-3770, Vol. 45, No. 11
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.01190-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2007 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.