Draft Genome Sequence of C:P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6:ST-11 Meningococcal Clinical Isolate Associated with a Cluster on a Cruise Ship

A Neri; C Fazio; A Ciammaruconi; A Anselmo; A Fortunato; A Palozzi; P Vacca; S Fillo; F Lista; P Stefanelli

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01263-14

Draft Genome Sequence of C:P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6:ST-11 Meningococcal Clinical Isolate Associated with a Cluster on a Cruise Ship

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 4;2(6):e01263-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01263-14.

Authors

A Neri¹, C Fazio¹, A Ciammaruconi², A Anselmo², A Fortunato², A Palozzi², P Vacca¹, S Fillo², F Lista², P Stefanelli³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
² Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy paola.stefanelli@iss.it.

Abstract

Meningococcal serogroup C strains, in particular those belonging to the ST-11 clonal complex, are known to cause invasive diseases worldwide. We report the genome sequence of a Neisseria meningitidis strain linked to a cluster of cases of invasive meningococcal disease on a cruise ship that was described in 2012.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom