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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 463-465, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01495-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

B:2a:P1.5 Meningococcal Strains Likely Arisen from Capsular Switching Event Still Spreading in Spain{triangledown}

Jesús Castilla,1,2 Julio A. Vázquez,3* Celia Salcedo,3 Manuel García Cenoz,1,2 José Javier García Irure,4 Luis Torroba,5 Xabier Beristain,5 Raquel Abad,3 and Aurelio Barricarte1,2

Instituto de Salud Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain,1 CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain,2 Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain,3 Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain,4 Hospital Virgen del Camino, Pamplona, Spain5

Received 4 August 2008/ Returned for modification 18 November 2008/ Accepted 8 December 2008

Eighteen clustered cases of meningococcal disease associated with B:2a:P1.5 strains doubled the annual incidence up to 4.3 x 105 in Navarra, Spain, in 2007. Eleven percent of cases were fatalities, and 74% of cases were individuals 10 to 24 years old. This is the third cluster associated with this strain in northern Spain since 2001.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Reference Laboratory for Meningococci, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Spain. Phone: 34-918223617. Fax: 34-915097966. E-mail: jvazquez{at}isciii.es

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 17 December 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2009, p. 463-465, Vol. 47, No. 2
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01495-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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