Table 4.
Serogrouping results from the five participating laboratories in the International Circumpolar Surveillance program for the three unusual N. meningitidis isolates expressing both serogroup Y and W135 antigenic specificities
| QC isolate | Serogroup(s) determined (method[s]) by laboratorya: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2006-07 | W135 (PCR) | W135 (bacterial agglutination) | W135 (bacterial agglutination) | Did not analyze | W135 (bacterial agglutination), Y (PCR) |
| 2008-09 | Y (PCR) | W135 (bacterial agglutination) | Y (bacterial agglutination) | W135 (bacterial agglutination) | W135 (bacterial agglutination), Y (PCR) |
| 2008-10 | Y (PCR) | NG (bacterial agglutination) | NG (bacterial agglutination), Y (PCR) | W135 (bacterial agglutination and PCR) | W135 (bacterial agglutination), Y (PCR) |
a
NG, nongroupable.