Table 2.
Distribution of the 30 FHbp proteins identified in 408 meningococcal carriage isolates from different locations and years.
| FHbp ID | Modular group |
Variant/ subfamily |
Georgia 1998 | Georgia 2006–2007 |
Maryland 2006–2007 |
Total No. (%) | FHbp ID | Modular group |
Variant/ subfamily |
Georgia 1998 |
Georgia 2006–2007 |
Maryland 2006–2007 |
Total No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | 1/B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 (<1) | 100 | I | 1/B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (<1) |
| 4 | I | 1/B | 7 | 10 | 26 | 43 (11) | 101 | III | 2/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 (<1) |
| 8 | I | 1/B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | a102 | III | 2/A | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 (2) |
| 12 | I | 1/B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 (2) | a103 | III | 2/A | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (<1) |
| 13 | I | 1/B | 7 | 23 | 15 | 45 (11) | 104 | III | 2/A | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 (2) |
| 14 | I | 1/B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (<1) | a105 | III | 2/A | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 (<1) |
| 16 | VI | 2/A | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 (5) | 106 | VI | 2/A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 (<1) |
| 19 | VI | 2/A | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 (7) | a107 | I | 1/B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (<1) |
| 21 | III | 2/A | 15 | 10 | 3 | 28 (7) | a133 | VI | 2/A | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 (<1) |
| 22 | III | 2/A | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 (<1) | 205 | III | 2/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (<1) |
| 23 | III | 2/A | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 (1) | a208 | I | 1/B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (<1) |
| 24 | III | 2/A | 12 | 6 | 4 | 22 (5) | a271 | V | 3/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (<1) |
| 25 | III | 2/A | 102 | 12 | 21 | 135 (33) | a272 | I | 1/B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (<1) |
| a70 | V | 3/A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (<1) | a273 | I | 1/B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (<1) |
| a94 | V | 3/A | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 (5) | a274 | III | 2/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (<1) |
a
Proteins unique to carriage isolates in this study.