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Between February and May 2017, two cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by a new, rapidly expanding serogroup W meningococci variant were reported among students of an international university in Paris. Bacteriological investigations showed that isolates shared identical genotypic formula (W:P1.5,2:F1–1:cc11) and belonged to the South American/UK lineage. A vaccination campaign was organised that aimed at preventing new cases linked to potential persistence of the circulation of the bacteria in the students.

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A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W among university students, France, February to May 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Cl%C3%A9ment+Bassi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Bassi Clément</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Muhamed-Kheir+Taha&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Taha Muhamed-Kheir</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christian+Merle&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Merle Christian</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Eva+Hong&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hong Eva</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daniel+L%C3%A9vy-Bruhl&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lévy-Bruhl Daniel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anne-Sophie+Barret&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Barret Anne-Sophie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ibrahim++Mounchetrou+Njoya&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mounchetrou Njoya Ibrahim </a></span>. A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W among university students, France, February to May 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(28):pii=30574. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.28.30574" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.28.30574</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 09 Jun 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 10 Jul 2017 </span> </p>
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