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Genomic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W causing invasive meningococcal disease in four travellers from Saudi Arabia, Italy, 2025
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsArianna Neriarianna.neri iss.it
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Citation style for this article: . Genomic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W causing invasive meningococcal disease in four travellers from Saudi Arabia, Italy, 2025. Euro Surveill. 2025;30(31):pii=2500483. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.31.2500483 Received: 09 Jul 2025; Accepted: 07 Aug 2025
Abstract
Genomic analysis was performed on Neisseria meningitidis isolates from four cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) identified in Italy after travel to Saudi Arabia in 2025. The cases were not epidemiologically related. The isolates from the cases were whole genome sequenced and belonged to serogroup W, sequence type (ST)-11, clonal complex (CC)11 and were susceptible to ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, penicillin G and rifampicin. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the four genomes with the Hajj strain sublineage.

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