A group of serotypes with similar but distinguishable serological reactions.
each major serogroup has its own distinctive polysaccharide
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- Active disease is usually due to a new serogroup acquired from a carrier.
- A commercially available vaccine confers protection against serogroups A, C, Y, and W - 135.
- The new vaccine does not protect against meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B bacteria.
- "The ability to distinguish between different isolates of the same serogroup is important because it allows us to track the origin of an infection," says Hammond.
- These four serogroups account for nearly two-thirds of the cases of Meningococcal Meningitis in the college-age population.
- Sero group A is much more common in sub-Saharan Africa.