Table 1. Characterization of 152 meningococcal isolates, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2003*.
Sequence type (ST) | No. isolates (% ST) | No. tested by MLST | Phenotype | No. (%) ST isolates with phenotype |
---|---|---|---|---|
ST-192 | 96 (63) | 40 | NG:NT:NST | 95 (63) |
W135:NT:NST | 1 (1) | |||
ST-11 | 19 (13) | 5 | W135:2a:P1.5,2 | 16 (11) |
W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 2 (1) | |||
NG:2a:P1.5,2 | 1 (1) | |||
ST-198 | 13 (9) | 3 | NG:15:P1.6 | 12 (8) |
W135:15:P1.6 | 1 (1) | |||
ST-4426 (clonal complex ST-198) | 2 (1) | 2 | NG:15:P1.6 | 2 (1) |
ST-2881 | 8 (5) | 2 | W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 8 (5) |
ST-4151 (single locus variant of ST-2881) | 1 (1) | 1 | W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 1 (1) |
ST-751 | 5 (3) | 3 | X:NT:P1.5 | 5 (3) |
ST-4376 (single locus variant of ST-751) | 1 (1) | 1 | NG:NT:P1.5 | 1 (1) |
ST-4375 (clonal complex ST-23) | 3 (2) | 1 | Y:14:P1.5,2 | 3 (2) |
ST-2049 | 1 (1) | 1 | NG:15:P1.6 | 1 (1) |
ST-4377 | 2 (1) | 2 | NG:NT:NST | 2 (1) |
Not tested | 1 (1) | – | NG: Not determined | 1 (1) |
Total | 152 (100) | 61 | 152 (100) |
*MLST, multilocus sequence typing. NG includes nongroupable, autoagglutinable, and polyagglutinable strains.