An unusual transmission event of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 type 2a in a healthcare setting, England, 2012

Euro Surveill. 2012 Nov 1;17(44):20308.

Authors

R Puleston¹, C Beck, M Tahir, M Bardhan, P Charlemagne, C Alves, S Ladhani, C Watson, M Ramsay, E Kaczmarksi, R Borrow, S Gray, D Hadlington, M Weinbren, D Bhattacharjee, N Inglis

Affiliation

¹ Health Protection Agency, Nottingham, United Kingdom. richard.puleston@hpa.org.uk

PMID: 23137486

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Contact Tracing
Cross Infection
England / epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Meningococcal Infections / epidemiology
Meningococcal Infections / transmission*
Middle Aged
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135*
Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology*
Respiratory Tract Infections / transmission*
Young Adult