Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Isolates from an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Chicago, Illinois, 2003

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 45; no. 11; pp. 3768 - 3770
• Main Authors: Schmink, Susanna, Watson, John T, Coulson, Garry B, Jones, Roderick C, Diaz, Pamela S, Mayer, Leonard W, Wilkins, Patricia P, Messonnier, Nancy, Gerber, Susan I, Fischer, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-11-2007; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: Adult; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Chicago - epidemiology; Disease Outbreaks; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Epidemiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Male; Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Neisseria meningitidis; Neisseria meningitidis - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; United States; North America; Illinois; America; Chicago; Infection; Homosexuality; Neisseriaceae; Bacteriosis; Molecular epidemiology; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Genotype; Isolate; Neisseria meningitidis; Meningococcal disease
• ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X; 1098-5530
• DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01190-07

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.