TABLE 3.
porB types of serogroup B meningococci expressing P1.4 PorA isolated in New Zealand from 1990 through 1999 determined by serological typing and porB PCR-AREA
| Yr | No. (%) of type B:P1.4 types of the following porB types:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 14 | 19,D,14a | Other | Total | |
| 1990 | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 |
| 1991 | 16 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 |
| 1992 | 40 (95.2) | 1 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.4) | 42 |
| 1993 | 48 (90.6) | 2 (3.8) | 3 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 53 |
| 1994 | 87 (91.6) | 4 (4.2) | 4 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 95 |
| 1995 | 139 (88.5) | 9 (5.7) | 9 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 157 |
| 1996 | 162 (85.3) | 6 (3.2) | 18 (9.5) | 4 (2.1) | 190 |
| 1997 | 201 (85.2) | 11 (4.7) | 19 (8.1) | 5 (2.1) | 236 |
| 1998 | 152 (86.9) | 7 (4.0) | 10 (5.7) | 6 (3.4) | 175 |
| 1999 | 182 (85.9) | 12 (5.7) | 6 (2.8) | 13 (6.1) | 212 |
| Total | 1,030 (87.1) | 54 (4.6) | 69 (5.8) | 28 (2.4) | 1,181 (100.00) |