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Volume 21, Number 6—June 2015
Research

Sequence Type 4821 Clonal Complex Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis in China, 1978–2013

Bingqing Zhu, Zheng Xu, Pengcheng Du, Li Xu, Xiaofang Sun, Yuan Gao, and Zhujun ShaoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China (B. Zhu, Z. Xu, P. Du, Z. Shao); National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (B. Zhu, L. Xu, X. Sun, Y. Gao, Z. Shao); Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, China (Z. Shao)

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Figure 1

Distribution of Neisseria meningitidis sequence type 4821 clonal complex (CC4821) serogroup B strains in China, 1978–2013. Invasive strains were detected in 5 provinces (red), carriage strains were detected in 9 provinces (blue), and invasive and carriage strains were detected in 5 provinces (gold). Regions where CC4821 strains were not found or where surveillance is not conducted are also shown.

Figure 1. Distribution of Neisseria meningitidis sequence type 4821 clonal complex (CC4821) serogroup B strains in China, 1978–2013. Invasive strains were detected in 5 provinces (red), carriage strains were detected in 9 provinces (blue), and invasive and carriage strains were detected in 5 provinces (gold). Regions where CC4821 strains were not found or where surveillance is not conducted are also shown.

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