Letter to the EditorEarly evidence of expanding W ST-11 CC meningococcal incidence in Spain
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2018, VaccineCitation Excerpt :However, epidemiological data from 2010 onwards demonstrate an increased total number and proportion of serogroup Y IMD cases (up to 50.0%) in various European regions such as the Scandinavian countries and Switzerland [2,8]. Until recently, serogroups A and W were not frequently detected in Europe, but remained important causes of epidemic IMD in Africa, Asia and Latin America [7,9] However, the incidence of serogroup W disease has been rising in several European countries, underscoring a potential risk in Europe [10–14]. In view of these epidemiological data, vaccination against multiple serogroups is considered the best strategy to protect individuals against a broader range of IMD in a single injection.
Clonal replacement and expansion among invasive meningococcal isolates of serogroup W in France
2018, Journal of InfectionCitation Excerpt :The last increase in the number of NmW IMD cases was observed in 2016 and was mostly due to the “UK 2013-strain”, which emerged in the UK from the “original UK strain”, a descendant from the South American strains.13,14,17 The strain may now to have expanded even more widely and other countries have reported increase incidence of NmW (Australia, The Netherlands and Spain,).26–28 The “South American-UK” sub-lineage is distinct from the “Anglo-French Hajj” sub-lineage although all isolates shared the same genotypic formula (W:P1.5,2:F1-1:cc11) suggesting an important role for variation of other bacterial components.17
Temporal associations between national outbreaks of meningococcal serogroup W and C disease in the Netherlands and England: an observational cohort study
2017, The Lancet Public HealthCitation Excerpt :Additionally, the overall incidence of meningococcal disease has been higher in the UK than in the Netherlands for a long time.42 Information from public health institutes suggests that the incidence of meningococcal serogroup W disease is increasing in several other countries in Europe, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, and Sweden, albeit with small numbers of cases (personal communication between Dec 12, 2016, and Feb 9, 2017, with Bertrand S, Public Health Institute of Belgium; Hoffmann S, Valentiner-Branth P, Public Health Institute of Denmark; Barret A S, Public Health Institute of France; Hellenbrand W, Public Health Institute of Germany; Vestrheim D, Public Health Institute of Norway; and Roth A, Public Health Institute of Sweden).43,44 An increase was also reported in the incidence of serogroup W disease due to the South American strain sublineage in Australia in 2015.45