Molecular characteristics of 43 meningococcal carriage isolates
| Serogroup | Identification (http://pubmlst.org/Neisseria) | Clonal complex | Sequence type | Finetype | Number of isolates |
| B (n=19) | 61173/– | 32 | 7460 | P1.18-1,30-5:F3-3 | 2 |
| – | 41/44 | 1097 | P1.17-7,23:F1-5 | 1 | |
| 61167 | 41/44 | 1103 | P1.7-2,13-1:F1-88 | 1 | |
| 61160 | 162 | 2153 | P1.19,14:F1-62 | 1 | |
| 63041 | 213 | 213 | P1.22,14:F5-5 | 1 | |
| 61171 | 269 | 13747 | P1.19,15-3:F1-5 | 1 | |
| 61161/61188/– | 461 | 1946 | P1.19-2,13-1:F3-9 | 3 | |
| 61163 | 1572 | 1572 | P1.7-12,14:F3-9 | 1 | |
| 61172 | 1572 | 12712 | P1.7-12,14:F162 | 1 | |
| 61170 | 1572 | 1572 | P1.7-12,14:F1-7 | 1 | |
| 61184 | 4821 | 3200 | P1.17-6,23-6:F3-36 | 1 | |
| 63035 | 4821 | 3469 | P1.17-6,23:F3-36 | 1 | |
| – | na | 897 | P1.12-1,16-75-6:F1-12 | 1 | |
| 63034 | na | 11294 | P1.12,16-11:F5-7 | 1 | |
| 61176 | na | 13506 | P1.12,16-75:F1-5 | 1 | |
| 61186 | na | 13748 | P1.12,13-43:F1-5 | 1 | |
| cnl (n=7) | 61166 | 53 | 53 | P1.7,30:F1-2 | 1 |
| 61165 | 162 | 2153 | P1.18-1,30:F1-62 | 1 | |
| – | 162 | 2153 | P1.7-2,13-33:F1-62 | 1 | |
| 61177 | 162 | 12267 | P1.22,14-12:F3-29 | 1 | |
| – | 1136 | 1136 | P1.18-4,3:F4-1 | 2 | |
| 61187 | na | 13749 | P1.22,14-13:F5-7 | 1 | |
| Z (n=7) | 61183 | na | 10866 | P1.22-4,14-6:F5-7 | 1 |
| 61164 | na | 12943 | P1.21-19,16-16:F5-7 | 1 | |
| 61174/61178/63038/61182 | na | 13741 | P1.21-19,16-16:F5-7 | 4 | |
| 61169 | na | 13746 | P1.21-19,16-16:F5-7 | 1 | |
| E (n=4) | – | 1157 | 1157 | P1.21-7,16-46:ΔF | 1 |
| 61180/61181/63037 | na | 13740 | P1.12-8,16-8:F5-81 | 3 | |
| NG (n=4) | 61168 | 162 | 2153 | P1.19-5,14:F1-62 | 1 |
| – | na | 6119 | P1.12-8,16-8:F16-119 | 1 | |
| 61175 | na | 13568 | P1.19-1,13-9:F1-8 | 1 | |
| 61162 | na | na | P1.12,16-11:F1-5 | 1 | |
| Y (n=1) | 61179 | 174 | 1466 | P1.21, 16:F3-7 | 1 |
| W (n=1) | 61185 | 11 | 11 | P1.1.5,2:F1-1 | 1 |
The table was created by the authors.
‘–’ indicates no genome available.
‘na’ indicates not assigned to any known clonal complex.
cnl, capsule null locus; NG, non-groupable; ΔF, fetA gene deletion.