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ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2019

Increase in ST-11 serogroup W

R S Tsang, L Hoang, G J Tyrrell, J Minion, P Van Caeseele, J V Kus, B Lefebvre, D Haldane, R Garceau, G German and 2 more

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Article in Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  5. Epidemiology and Control of Meningococcal Disease in Canada: A Long, Complex, and Unfinished Story.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2019
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12 authors.

R S TsangNational Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB.
L HoangBC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory, Vancouver, BC.
G J TyrrellProvincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, AB.
J MinionSaskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, SK.
P Van CaeseeleCadham Provincial Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB.
J V KusPublic Health Ontario, Toronto, ON.
B LefebvreLaboratoire de santé publique du Québec, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC.
D HaldaneNova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS.
R GarceauCommunicable Disease Control Unit, Department of Health, Government of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
G GermanDepartment of Health, Government of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE.
G ZahariadisProvincial Public Health Laboratory, Eastern Health Microbiology Services, St. John's, NL.
B HanleyYukon Communicable Disease Control, Yukon Health and Social Services, Whitehorse, YT.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany countries have experienced increases in invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) due to a serogroup W

objectiveTo provide an update on invasive MenW disease in Canada including the strain characteristics, specimen source of isolates, age, sex and geographic distribution of cases.

methods

resultsOver the 3-year period, 292 individual IMD case isolates were analyzed. The percentage of IMD case isolates typed as MenW more than doubled from 19% (n=15) to 44% (n=51) in 2018 when MenW became the most common serogroup, exceeded the number of MenB, MenC or MenY. In total, 93 MenW case isolates were identified, 91% (n=85) belonged to the ST-11 CC. The increase in MenW affected all age groups (but was most common in those older than 60) and both sexes, and occurred across the country but most prevalent in western Canada. The most common specimen source was blood.

conclusionIn 2018, MenW was the most common serogroup for isolates received by the NML from culture-positive IMD cases in Canada. Over 90% of the MenW serogroup isolates belonged to the ST-11 CC. The quadrivalent ACWY meningococcal conjugate vaccine protects against IMD caused by strains in the A, C, W or Y serogroups and therefore may protect against IMD caused by the new MenW ST-11 strain; however, more research is needed. The emergence of variant strains highlight the importance of strain characterization in IMD surveillance and research.

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Canadaclonal complexinvasive meningococcal diseaseNeisseria meningitidissequence typesequence type-11serogroup W

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PMID31285709
PMCPMC6587698

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