TABLE 3.
Within-host new strain (with a new CC/ST) acquisition events during the carriage evaluation time period in all three U.S. universitiesa
| Evaluation | CC (ST) or outcome |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | |
| RI-1 | ||||
| A | CC32 (ST-11527) | CC32 (ST-11527) | Not swabbed | CC35 (ST-35) |
| B | CC41/44 (ST-409) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed | CC198 (ST-823) |
| C | CC198 (ST-2384) | CC198 (ST-2384) | Not swabbed | CC269 (ST-269) |
| E | CC1136 (ST-1136) | CC1136 (ST-1136) | Not swabbed | CC35 (ST-11740) |
| F | Swabbed (negb ) | CC32 (ST-1130) | CC198 (ST-6321) | Not swabbed |
| G | Not swabbed | CC198 (ST-823) | Swabbed (neg) | CC41/44 (ST-7574) |
| H | Not swabbed | CC1157 (ST-1157) | CC60 (ST-60) | Not swabbed |
| I | CC1157 (ST-1157) | CC198 (ST-823) | Swabbed (neg) | Not swabbed |
| J | Swabbed (neg) | CC60 (ST-11739) | CC35 (ST-11740) | Not swabbed |
| K | Swabbed (neg) | CC60 (ST- 60) | Swabbed (neg) | CC32 (ST-2506) |
| L | CC32 (ST-34) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed | CC41/44 (ST-409) |
| M | Not swabbed | Not swabbed | CC41/44 (ST-409) | CC60 (ST-60) |
| RI-2 | ||||
| A | CC53 (ST-53) | CC35 (ST-3085) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed |
| OR | ||||
| A | Not swabbed | Not swabbed | CC178 (ST-178) | CC178 (ST-11550) |
| B | Not swabbed | CC35 (ST-35) | Not swabbed | CC53 (ST-12930) |
| C | CC60 (ST-60) | CC1157 (ST-1649) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed |
| D | CC198 (ST 823) | CC41/44 (ST 12632) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed |
| E | CC60 (ST 60) | CC35 (ST 278) | Not swabbed | Not swabbed |
| F | Not swabbed | Not swabbed | CC 1157 (ST 1649) | CC53 (ST 53) |
a
A new strain was defined as identification of a strain with a different CC or ST than was previously identified for a given carrier.
b
neg, negative for N. meningitidis.