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ArticleRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2019

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María Eugenia León, Aníbal Kawabata, Minako Nagai, Liliana Rojas, Gustavo Chamorro, Grupo del laboratorio VIMENE Paraguay

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Article in Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

María Eugenia LeónLaboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Aníbal KawabataLaboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Minako NagaiLaboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Liliana RojasLaboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Gustavo ChamorroLaboratorio Central de Salud Pública, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Grupo del laboratorio VIMENE Paraguay

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveDescribe the phenotypical and genotypical characteristics of

methodsConventional microbiological methods and molecular techniques were used to study 114 isolates of N. meningitidis and 12 clinical samples without isolation (confirmed by polymerase chain reaction), provided by various sentinel centers and collaborating centers in Paraguay.

resultsThe most affected age group was children under 1 year (19.0%), followed by 1-5-year-olds (17.5%). The highest percentage of strains was isolated in meningitis cases (81.7%) and serogroup B was found in 60.3% of cases. The most frequent phenotypes were B:4:p1.14 (16.0%), B:15:p1.5, C:nt:nst, and W:nt:p1.2 (10.5%), respectively. The prevalent clonal complexes were: ST-11/ET37 complex, 29.6% (8/27), predominantly serogroup W (6/8); ST-35 complex, 18.5% (5/27), in serogroup B (4/4); and ST-32/ET5 complex, 14.8% (4/16), in serogroup B (5/5).

conclusionsMeningococcal meningitis is relatively uncommon in Paraguay. Distribution analysis showed that serogroup B is the most common and that the number of cases of meningococcal disease caused by serogroups C and W increased in the last two years. The identified clonal complexes were correlated with those found in the Southern Cone region. Due to the high virulence of

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meningococcal diseasemultilocus sequence typingNeisseria meningitidisParaguaypolymerase chain reaction

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PMCPMC6393723

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