Hart J, Dowse GK, Porter M, Speers DJ, Keil AD, Bew JD, Mowlaboccus S, Kahler CM. Obstetric and Neonatal Invasive Meningococcal Disease Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W, Western Australia, Australia.
Emerg Infect Dis 2024;
30:368-371. [PMID:
38270157 PMCID:
PMC10826774 DOI:
10.3201/eid3002.230639]
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Abstract
Three mother-baby pairs with invasive meningococcal disease occurred over 7 months in Western Australia, Australia, at a time when serogroup W sequence type 11 clonal complex was the predominant local strain. One mother and 2 neonates died, highlighting the role of this strain as a cause of obstetric and early neonatal death.
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