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Genetic Meningococcal Antigen Typing System (gMATS): A genotyping tool that pre...
Muzzi, Alessandro; Brozzi, Alessandro; Serino, Laura; Bodini, Margherita; Abad, Raquel; Caugant, Dominique; Comanducci, Maurizio; Lemos, Ana PaulaBackground: The Meningococcal Antigen Typing System (MATS) was developed to identify meningococcus group B strains with a high likelihood of being covered by the 4CMenB vaccine, but is limited by the requirement for viable isolates from culture-confirmed cases. We examined if antigen genotyping could complement MATS in predicting strain coverage by the 4CMenB vaccine. Methods: From a panel of 3912 MATS-typed in...
Increase of invasive meningococcal serogroup W disease in Europe, 2013 to 2017
Krone, Manuel; Gray, Steve; Abad, Raquel; Skoczyńska, Anna; Stefanelli, Paola; van der Ende, Arie; Tzanakaki, Georgina; Mölling, PaulaBackground: The total incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Europe has been declining in recent years; however, a rising incidence due to serogroup W (MenW), predominantly sequence type 11 (ST-11), clonal complex 11 (cc11), was reported in some European countries. Aim: The aim of this study was to compile the most recent laboratory surveillance data on MenW IMD from several European countries to ...