Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia worldwide
and is associated with high case fatality rates and serious life-long complications among …

The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease continues to change rapidly, even in
the three years since the first Meningococcal Exchange Meeting in 2008. Control of disease …

Objective.—To describe the occurrence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada
with respect to demographic variables and characteristics of the isolated strains ofNeisseria …

A special collection of 336 Neisseria meningitidis strains was established that spanned the
genetic variability, as defined by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, of the ET-37 complex …

Background Since 2010, there has been an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis
(MenW) disease in many countries due to an emerging sequence type-11 clonal complex …

Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis was used to characterize 378 isolates of Neisseria
meningitidis serogroup C recovered during a period of an increase in group C …

Objective The purpose of this report is to describe the epidemiology of invasive
meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada from 2006 to 2011. Methods Data from the …

The epidemiology of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is distinct in the United States
and Canada compared with other countries. This review describes the incidence, mortality …

One hundred forty serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates recovered from patients with
invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in Canada from 1999 to 2003 were analyzed by …

Background: In Ontario, serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) accounts for a small
percentage of all invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and between 2010 and 2014, only …