TABLE 1.
Sequence types and clonal complexes observed per incidence period and partition of the data into disease and carrier isolates
| CC and STb | No. of disease strains/no. of carrier strains per perioda of isolation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1989 | 1990-1992 | 1993-2005 | Total | |
| CC ST-32 | ||||
| 32 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | |
| 33 | 52/13 | 37/68 | 13/30 | 102/111 |
| 34 | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
| 1880 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| 2857 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| 2858 | 3/0 | 0/1 | 3/0 | 6/1 |
| 3584 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| 5682 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| New STs | 5/0 | 4/3 | 0/5 | 9/8 |
| CC ST-41/44 | ||||
| 41 | 1/3 | 1/3 | ||
| 44 | 5/0 | 5/0 | ||
| 159 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| 303 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3/4 | |
| 409 | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
| 414 | 2/0 | 2/0 | ||
| 883 | 2/0 | 2/0 | ||
| 1103 | 0/4 | 0/4 | ||
| 1255 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| 1790 | 2/0 | 2/0 | ||
| 1947 | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
| New STs | 3/1 | 1/0 | 3/1 | |
| CC ST-53 | 0/7 | 1/22 | 0/56 | 1/85 |
| CC ST-103 | ||||
| 103 | 0/5 | 0/5 | ||
| 5171 | 3/0 | 2/1 | 5/1 | |
| CC ST-22 | 0/7 | 0/7 | ||
| CC ST-8 | ||||
| 153 | 5/0 | 5/0 | ||
| CC ST-198 | ||||
| 823 | 0/5 | 0/5 | ||
| CC ST-254 | ||||
| 2844 | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
| New STs | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
| CC ST-269 | ||||
| 352 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| New STs | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | |
| CC ST-23 | 1/1 | 1/1 | ||
| CC ST-167 | ||||
| 1624 | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
| New STs | 0/1 | 0/1 | ||
| CC ST-11 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||
| UA | 7/0 | 2/1 | 1/4 | 10/5 |
| Total | 88/23 | 59/103 | 20/127 | 167/253 |
a
Periods were defined according to the incidence of meningococcal disease in Cuba (34). The incidences during the periods 1983 to 1989, 1990 to 1992, and 1993 to 2005 were >5.0, 5.0 to 1.0, and <1.0 per 100,000 population, respectively.
b
Data for clonal complexes (CCs) ST-11, ST-22, ST-23, and ST-53, with each containing only one ST (corresponding to the central ST of the clonal complex), are tabulated on the same row.