Table. Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients with ST11 serogroup W meningococcal disease, China, 2011–2012*.

Patient ID	Age, y/sex	Date of symptom onset	Province of onset	Patient occupation	Outcome	Method of diagnosis	ST11 W strains from close contacts (no.)
1†	16/M	2011 Feb 12	Guangxi	Student	Survived	Strain isolation/ PCR	No
2	19/M	2011 Apr 1	Jiangsu	Factory worker	Died	Strain isolation	No
3	19/F	2011 Apr 20	Zhejiang	Factory worker	Died	Strain isolation	No
4†	18/M	2011 Apr 27	Guangxi	Student	Survived	Strain isolation/ PCR	Yes (8)
5†	46/M	2011 May 4	Guangxi	Farmer	Survived	Strain isolation/ PCR	No
6†	22/F	2011 Oct 13	Guangdong	Factory worker	Survived	PCR	Yes (1)
7	35/M	2012 Feb 1	Guangdong	Factory worker	Survived	Strain isolation	No
8†	23/M	2012 Feb 2	Guangxi	Factory worker	Survived	PCR	Yes (1)
9	14/M	2012 Feb 14	Anhui	Student	Died	Strain isolation	Yes (4)
10	3/M	2012 Mar 27	Henan	Student	Survived	Strain isolation	Yes (2)
11	9/M	2012 Jun 18	Hunan	Student	Survived	Strain isolation	No

*ID, identification; ST, sequence type.
†Multilocus sequence typing results were obtained from cerebrospinal fluid but not from strains.