TABLE 2.
N. meningitidis serogroup C isolates assayed by CFLP and MEE
| Strain | Geographic origin | Date of collectiona | Epidemiologic description and propertiesb | CFLP patternc
|
MEE assignment
|
Serotypee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glnA | carA | ETd | ET-37 complex | |||||
| M140 | California | 2/14/93 | CA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M141 | California | 2/18/93 | CA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M145 | California | 1/1/93 | CA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M146 | California | 2/8/93 | CA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M149 | California | 2/20/93 | CA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M62 | California | 7/13/93 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 13 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M201 | California | 9/14/93 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M239 | California | 9/22/93 | Sporadic case | 195 | 195 | 195 | Yes | C:NT:P1.5,2 |
| M746 | California | 4/8/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5 |
| M941 | California | 6/1/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M630 | Arizona | 2/24/94 | AZ outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M631 | Arizona | 2/22/94 | AZ outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 138 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M632 | Arizona | 2/19/94 | AZ outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M633 | Arizona | 2/24/94 | AZ outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M634 | Arizona | 2/22/94 | AZ outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 226 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M160 | Arizona | 3/26/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M433 | Arizona | 1994 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 226 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M615 | Georgia | 2/25/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M626 | New York | 2/20/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M4619 | Georgia | 2/28/98 | GA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 203 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M4642 | Georgia | 4/2/98 | GA outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 203 | Yes | C:2a:P1.2 |
| M1532 | New Mexico | 4/29/94 | NM outbreak related | 147 | 147 | 147 | No | C:NT:nt |
| M1533 | New Mexico | 12/29/94 | NM outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1534 | New Mexico | 3/8/95 | NM outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1535 | New Mexico | 3/7/95 | NM outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1536 | New Mexico | 3/17/95 | NM outbreak related | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M393 | Utah | 12/19/93 | Sporadic case | 50 | 50 | 50 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M993 | Oklahoma | 12/3/93 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1177 | California | 11/13/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 196 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1252 | Illinois | 11/22/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 17 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1291 | Colorado | 12/22/94 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 141 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M5120 | Massachusetts | 5/4/98 | MA cluster | 24 | 24 | 233 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M5119 | Massachusetts | 5/6/98 | MA cluster | 24 | 24 | 233 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M5118 | Massachusetts | 6/26/98 | MA cluster | 24 | 24 | 233 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M2654 | Massachusetts | 2/96 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M2655 | Massachusetts | 2/96 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:nt |
| M4594 | Massachusetts | 12/12/97 | Sporadic case | 203 | 24 | 203 | Yes | C:2a:P1.23,14 |
| M4695 | Massachusetts | 4/1/98 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M4698 | Massachusetts | 1/30/98 | Sporadic case | 24 | 24 | 24 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M80 | Georgia | 10/30/89 | ET-37 complex | 24 | 24 | 33 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M3761 | Tennessee | 1992 | ET-37 complex | 24 | 24 | 78 | Yes | C:2a:P1.2 |
| M3733 | California | 1992 | ET-37 complex | 18 | 24 | 18 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M1352 | New York | 1/5/95 | ET-37 complex | 24 | 24 | 132 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M2752 | California | 5/14/96 | ET-37 complex | 24 | 24 | 163 | Yes | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
| M2964 | California | 8/3/96 | ET-37 complex | 201 | 24 | 201 | Yes | C:2a:P1.14 |
| M210 | Tennessee | 8/16/93 | Not ET-37 complex | 55 | 55 | 55 | No | C:4,7:nt |
| M1096 | Tennessee | 6/9/94 | Not ET-37 complex | 56 | 56 | 56 | No | C:NT:nt |
| M420 | Georgia | 1/4/94 | Not ET-37 complex | 56 | 56 | 127 | No | C:NT:P1.7,13 |
| M1560 | Georgia | 3/4/95 | Not ET-37 complex | 197 | 197 | 197 | No | C:21:P1.5,2 |
| M1569 | Georgia | 3/26/95 | Not ET-37 complex | 698 | 698 | 698 | No | C:2a:P1.5,2 |
a
Month/day/year unless otherwise indicated.
b
Groups of strains are arranged as a particular outbreak and the controls for that outbreak. Outbreak related as defined in reference 6. ET-37 complex, strains of ETs representing the ET-37 complex. Not ET-37 complex, strains of ETs different from the ET-37 complex.
c
CFLP patterns for the glnA and carA genes are designated the same as the ET.
d
ET number. The specific enzyme profiles (reactions) for each ET are available upon request.
e
Serogroup:serotype:serosubtype are included for comparison. NT, nonserotypeable; nt, nonserosubtypeable.