The 2010 Meningococcal outbreak in Bahia, Brazil, was caused by 2 different STs belonging to Clonal Complex ST-103 / O surto de meningite meningocócica de 2010 na Bahia foi causado por dois ST diferentes pertencentes ao Complexo Clonal ST-103

• Main Authors: Ivano de Filippis (Author), Rita de Cássia Vilasboas Silva (Author), Márcia Falcão Modesto Ungar de Sá (Author), Guilherme Gonçalves Sardinha (Author), Soraia M.Cordeiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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An outbreak of meningococcal disease in the North-East (NE) region of Brazil with eleven cases and seven deaths was reported in 2009. From the eleven cases, fi ve serogroup C meningococcal strains were isolated, four were classifi ed as belonging to the hypervirulent clonal complex ST-103 (cc103) and...