Table. Characteristics of serogroup W135 Neisseria meningitidis isolates from patients in France and Côte d'Ivoire, 2012.

Patient no.	Location†	Date of illness onset	Travel history	Date of return from travel	Patient age/sex	Test site	N. meningitidis isolate test results
Patient no.	Location†	Date of illness onset	Travel history	Date of return from travel	Patient age/sex	Test site	Sero	ST	CC	PorA VR1	PorA VR2	FetA	penA
1	France/ Paris region	Jan 14	Benin	2011 Dec 28	1 y/M	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
2	France/ Loire	Feb 15	Senegal	Feb 12	62 y/F	Blood	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
3	France/ Rhône-Alpes	Feb 19	Senegal	Feb 19	53 y/F	Blood	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
4	France/ Paris region	Feb 27	Mali	Feb 23	4 y/M	AF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
5	France/ Paris region	Mar 3	Mali (family)	UNK	5 y/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
6	France/ Paris region	Mar 6	Senegal (father)	Feb 26	4 mo/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
7	Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto	Feb 3	UNK	NA	12 y/M	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
8	Côte d'Ivoire/ Korhogo	Feb 3	UNK	NA	18 y/M	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
9	Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto	Feb 23	UNK	NA	7 y/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
10	Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto	Feb 24	UNK	NA	65 y/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
11	Côte d'Ivoire/ Kouto	Feb 24	UNK	NA	1 y/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
12	Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela	Feb 24	UNK	NA	19 y/F	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
13	Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela	Feb 24	UNK	NA	3 y/M	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1
14	Côte d'Ivoire/ Tengrela	Feb 24	UNK	NA	5 y/M	CSF	2a	11	11	5	2	F1-1	1

*All patients had meningitis except patients 2 and 3, who had bronchopneumonia and septicemia, and patient 4, who had arthritis. Sero, serotype; ST, sequence type, CC, clonal complex; VR, variable region; UNK, unknown; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; AF, articular fluid; NA, not applicable. †Country/region where case was reported.