| variability in growth of neisseria polysaccharea on colistin-containing selective media for neisseria spp. | in a prospective survey of 773 healthy schoolchildren in southern alberta, canada, neisseria polysaccharea was isolated from the pharynxes of only 4 (0.5%) subjects, whereas neisseria lactamica and neisseria meningitidis were isolated from 110 (14%) and 15 (2%) children, respectively. these strains of n. polysaccharea, together with three other sporadic isolates from alberta, canada, were compared with the type strain from france and strains from spain and germany. all strains were phenotypicall ... | 1991 | 1774246 |
| outbreak of neisseria meningitidis, edmonton, alberta, canada. | from december 1999 to april 2001, the greater edmonton region had 61 cases of invasive meningococcal infection, two fatal. the outbreak was due to neisseria meningitidis serogroup c, electrophoretic type 15, serotype 2a. analysis of the strains showed that 50 of 56 culture-confirmed cases were due to a single clone and close relatives of this clone. this strain had not been previously identified in the province of alberta dating back to january 1997. | 2002 | 11996690 |
| modifiable risk factors for invasive meningococcal disease during an edmonton, alberta outbreak, 1999-2002. | an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease (imd) in metro edmonton, alberta, canada between december 1999 and june 2002 resulted in 84 laboratory-confirmed cases. most cases were infected with neisseria meningitidis serogroup c, and the highest age-specific incidence was observed in the 15-19 year age group. | 2008 | 18435391 |
| the international circumpolar surveillance interlaboratory quality control program for serotyping haemophilus influenzae and serogrouping neisseria meningitidis, 2005 - 2009. | the international circumpolar surveillance (ics) program was initiated in 1999 to conduct population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease in select regions of the arctic. the program expanded to include surveillance of invasive diseases caused by n. meningitidis and h. influenzae. an interlaboratory quality control (qc) program to monitor laboratory proficiencies in the serogrouping of n. meningitidis and serotyping of h. influenzae was co-developed by the arctic investigations p ... | 2011 | 22170933 |