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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4865-4867, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4865-4867.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Meningococcal Isolates Belonging to the Sequence Type 162 Complex

Siamak P. Yazdankhah,1* Konstantinos Kesanopoulos,2 Georgina Tzanakaki,2 Jenny Kremastinou,2 and Dominique A. Caugant1,3

Department of Airborne Infections, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway,1 Meningococcal Reference Laboratory, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece,2 Institute of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway3

Received 7 February 2005/ Returned for modification 20 April 2005/ Accepted 17 June 2005

Thirty-one meningococcal isolates from carriers and disease cases belonging to the sequence type (ST) 162 complex, isolated in Greece in 1999 and 2000, were studied by the use of variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Our study demonstrated that the isolates belonging to the ST-162 clonal complex were a heterogeneous group. Based on this heterogeneity, it is unlikely that the disease-associated isolates represent an outbreak.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Airborne Infections, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway. Phone: 47 22 62 28 09. Fax: 47 21 62 28 01. E-mail: siya{at}fhi.no.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2005, p. 4865-4867, Vol. 43, No. 9
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.9.4865-4867.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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