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Table 1 Reported and culture-confirmed cases of meningococcal disease, the prevalence of different serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis isolates in 1996–2002, and isolates available for genotyping in this study.

From: Molecular epidemiology and emergence of worldwide epidemic clones of Neisseria meningitidis in Taiwan

 

No. case/isolate (No. genotyped)

Total

 

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

 

Reported case

22

37

17

21

34

80

81

292

Confirmeda

        

   A

     

2 (1)

1 (1)

3 (2)

   B

9 (6)

12 (7)

6 (3)

10 (6)

4

13 (12)

25 (18)

79 (52)

   C

     

1 (1)

2 (2)

3 (3)

   W135

4 (4)

7 (4)

4 (2)

1

9 (2)

19 (12)

11 (7)

55 (31)

   Y

     

10 (8)

5 (3)

15 (11)

   NG

  

2

  

1 (1)

 

3 (1)

Total

13 (10)

19 (11)

12 (5)

11 (6)

13 (2)

46 (35)

44 (31)

158 (100)

  1. aNG: non-serogroupable.