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. 2013 Nov;19(11):1847–1850. doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130610

Table. Genotyping of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis invasive isolates recovered from 1990 to 2010 with timeline showing when the cluster-associated clone were first observed in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Serogroup/year Genotype (no. isolates)/clonal complex Date of emergence of cluster-related clone (date of commencement of cluster)
C:2a ST-11
1990 2-184:P1.5-1,2-2:F1-1:ST-5121 (1)
1995–1997 2-2:P1.5,2:F3-6:ST-11 (5)
1997 2-60:P1.5,2:F3-6:ST-7849 (1)
2000 2-145:P1.5,2:F1-1:ST-11 (1)
2001 2-184:P1.5-1,2-2:F1-1:ST-5121 (1)
2007–2009 2-2:P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6:ST-11 (9) February 2007 (February 2007, January 2008)
2009 2-2:P1.5-1,5-11:F3-6:ST-11 (1)
2010
2-2:P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6:ST-9452 (3)
May 2010 (May 2010)
C:2b ST-8
1990 2-3:P1.18-1,3:F3-1:ST-8 (1) No cluster associated with this clonal complex
1992 2-3:P1.18-1,3:F3-9:ST-8 (2)
1995–1997 2-30:P1.5-2,10:F5-2:ST-8 (1)
2-3:P1.18-1,3:F3-1:ST-8 (1)
2-30:5-2,10:F5-2:ST-153 (8)*
2-3:18-1,3:F3-9:ST-7769 (1)
2-30:5-2,10:F5-2:ST-7713 (1)
2002 2-30:5-2,10:F5-2:ST-153 (1)

2-30:5-2,10:F5-2:ST-7705 (1)

C:4,7 ST-32
1994 3-1:P1.19,15:F5-1:ST-7709 (1)
1998–2010 3-79:P1.7-1,1:F5-1:ST-639 (16) June 1998 (July 2009)
3-1:P1.19,15:F1-80:ST-33 (1)
3-299:P1.7-1,1:F5-1:ST-639 (2)
3-1:P1.19,15:F5-1:ST-33 (2)
3-79:P1.19,15:F5-1:ST-639 (1)
3-1:P1.19,15:F5-1:ST-34 (1)
3-1:P1.19,15:F5-1:ST-639 (3)
3-79:P1.7-1,1:F5-1:ST-7692 (1)
3-79:P1.7-1,1:F5-1:ST-7696 (1) October 2006 (October 2006)

3-294:P1.7-1,1:F5-1:ST-639 (1)

2007 3-300:P1.18-1,3:F5-37:ST-41 (1) No cluster associated with this clonal complex
C:4,7 No clonal complex
1993–1994 3-27:P1.20,9:F1-7:ST-7690 (3) No cluster associated with these strains
3-1:P1.21,16:F1-20:ST-7712 (1)
2003 3-1:P1.5,15:F4-3:ST-7691 (1)
C:19 ST-41/44, ST-174, and ST-269
1993–1995 3-295:P1.5-1,10-4:F4-21:ST-3772 (1) No cluster associated with these clonal complexes
3-295:P1.5-1,10-4:F5-1:ST-3772 (1)
2007 3-35:P1.21,16:F5-13:ST-7817 (1)
3-71:P1.19,15:F5-2:ST-437 (1)
C:23 ST-103
2001–2010 2-23:P1.22,14-6:F1-80:ST-3779 (1)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-3779 (13) July 2001 (February 2012)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F5-92:ST-7689 (1)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-3780 (14) July 2003 (April 2012)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F1-5:ST-5727 (1)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-7708 (1) September 2003 (September 2003)
2-23:P1.5,14-6:F3-9:ST-5122 (1)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-5122 (2)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F5-92:ST-5338 (1)
2-167:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-3779 (3)
2-23:P1.18-1,3:F3-9:ST-3779 (3)
2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-8732 (1)
C:23 No clonal complex
2010 2-23:P1.22,14-6:F3-9:ST-8730 (1) No cluster associated with this strain

*No invasive C:2b isolate has been recovered since 2002.
†The clone associated with the last epidemic of serogroup C disease in 1994.