TABLE 1.
Epidemiological and bacteriological features of the Tamra outbreak
| Case no. | Age (yr) | Sexa | Outcome | Date of infection (mo/yr) | Serogroup | ST | ET | Rep-PCR type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | F | Alive | 6/96 | C | 11 | 37 | 1 |
| 2 | 0.8 | F | Alive | 6/96 | ||||
| 3 | 14 | M | Alive | 2/97 | ||||
| 4 | 6 | M | Alive | 3/97 | C | 11 | 37 | 1 |
| 5 | 5 | M | Death | 3/97 | C | 11 | 37 | 1 |
| 6 | 18 | M | Alive | 4/97 | C | 11 | 37 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | M | Alive | 9/97 | ||||
| 8 | 15 | M | Alive | 12/97 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | F | Alive | 1/98 | ||||
| 10 | 9 | F | Alive | 1/98 | C | 11 | 37 | 1 |
| 11 | 4 | M | Alive | 4/98 | B | 32 | 5 | 2 |
| 12 | 16 | M | Alive | 12/98 | B | Newb | Undetermined | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | M | Alive | 3/99 | B | 32 | 5 | 2 |
| 14 | 1 | F | Alive | 3/99 | ||||
| 15 | 7 | F | Death | 8/99 | B | 32 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | 0.8 | M | Death | 9/99 |
a
F, female; M, male.
b
New set of alleles in some of the genes evaluated by MLST.