Antimeningococcal herd immunity in the Czech Republic – influence of an emerging clone, Neisseria meningitidis ET-15/37

P. KRIZ; B. KRIZ; E. SVANDOVA; M. MUSILEK

doi:10.1017/S095026889900285X

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For many years, invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic occurred sporadically and was caused mainly by meningococci of serogroup B. In 1993, when a new clone (ET-15/37) emerged, the only phenotype found was C:2a:P1.2,5. In 1995, an antigenic variation of the ET-15/37 clone, B:2a:P1.2,5, occurred. The results of immunological surveys conducted in 1989 and 1996 were compared. A significantly higher proportion of 1996 sera than those collected in 1989 showed bactericidal antibodies against N. meningitidis B:2a:P1.2,5 (19·7 vs. 5·1%) and N. meningitidis C:2a:P1.2,5 (15·9 vs. 7·4%), consistent with increased herd immunity due to the spread of the new clone in the Czech Republic. There were differences in the age distribution of the positive sera.

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