TABLE 2.
porB PCR-AREA VR sequence predictions for isolates of N. meningitidis with phenotype B:nt:P1.4 isolated in New Zealand from 1990 through 1999
| Yr | No. (%) of type B:nt:P1.4 isolates of the following typesa predicted by porB PCR-AREA:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,B | 4,D | 19,A | 19,D,14a | 19,D,14 | Total | |
| 1990 | 1 (100) | 1 | ||||
| 1991 | 2 (100) | 2 | ||||
| 1992 | 1 (100) | 1 | ||||
| 1993 | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 4 | |||
| 1994 | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 7 | |||
| 1995 | 12 (57.1) | 9 (42.9) | 21 | |||
| 1996 | 4 (14.8) | 5 (18.5) | 18 (66.7) | 27 | ||
| 1997 | 13 (32.5) | 5 (12.5) | 19 (47.5) | 3 (7.5) | 40 | |
| 1998 | 2 (7.4) | 13 (48.1) | 1 (3.7) | 10 (37.0) | 1 (3.7) | 27 |
| 1999 | 1 (4.3) | 12 (52.2) | 4 (17.4) | 6 (26.1) | 23 | |
| Total | 7 (4.6) | 62 (40.5) | 11 (7.2) | 69 (45.1) | 4 (2.6) | 153 (100) |
a
VR1,VR2 or VR1,VR2,VR4 types.