Table 4 Distribution/trend of Neisseria meningitidis serogroups confirmed using polymerase chain reaction by sex
2016 N = 94 | 2017 N = 120 | 2018 N = 59 | 2019 N = 56 | 2020 N = 66 | Total N = 395 | Cochran-Armitage P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Serogroups | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Male | B | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0.37 |
C | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 0.87 | |
NG | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (11.4) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (2.5) | 7 (3.1) | 1.00 | |
W | 50 (96.2) | 64 (97.0) | 19 (54.3) | 18 (60.0) | 5 (12.5) | 156 (70.0) | 0.94 | |
X | 1 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (34.3) | 10 (33.3) | 34 (85.0) | 57 (25.6) | 0.86 | |
Female | B | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 1.00 |
NG | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.2) | 3 (11.5) | 1 (3.8) | 5 (2.9) | 1.00 | |
W | 42 (100.0) | 52 (96.3) | 17 (70.8) | 10 (38.5) | 5 (19.2) | 126 (73.3) | 0.76 | |
X | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.7) | 5 (20.8) | 13 (50.0) | 20 (76.9) | 40 (23.3) | 0.75 | |