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. 2013 Jan 7;141(10):2163–2172. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812002944

Table 1.

Prevalence and distribution of class I and class II pilE genes of N. meningitidis strains isolated in China

pilE No.of isolates Clonal complex (CC) Serogroup
Class I 60 CC4821(n = 34) B (n = 6), C (n = 26), W135  (n = 1), X (n = 1)
UA (n = 16)* B (n = 9), C (n = 5), NG (n = 2)
Five other clonal  complexes (n = 10) B (n = 5), C (n = 1), W135  (n = 3), X (n = 1)
Class II 71 CC1 (n = 11) A (n = 11)
CC5 (n = 44) A (n = 37), C (n = 7)
CC11 (n = 10) B (n = 4), C (n = 1),  W135 (n = 5)
CC8 (n = 1) and  ST5642 (n = 5)§ B (n = 6)
*

UA, Unassigned to any currently known clonal complex.

Five other clonal complexes contain CC103 (n = 1), CC174 (n = 3), CC198 (n = 2), CC32 (n = 2) and CC41/44 (n = 2).

Seven ST7 serogroup C strains were confirmed to have undergone capsular switching from serogroup A ST7 strains [27].

§

Five ST5642 strains exhibited MLST allele profiles similar to CC8, and the sequences of class II pilE genes were identical to the strain of CC8.