Origin of <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> clonal complex 4821.

ABSTRACT: Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) is the causative agent of human invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). Clonal complex (CC) 4821 is a unique genetic cluster of N. meningitidis that emerged two decades ago in Anhui Province, China and became the predominant cluster. However, the evolutionary origin of CC4821 remains unclear. Herein, a distinct CC4821 clade was identified by a comprehensive cgMLST analysis of 26,801 N. meningitidis genomes. The CC4821 clade comprised 388 N. meningitidis isolates, with 364 assigned to CC4821, 1 assigned to CC8, and 23 unassigned (UA), as they could not be assigned to any defined CC. The phylogenetic analysis of the CC4821 clade revealed that six UA isolates, including the UA isolate NmR29026 collected in 1966 from Lia

SUBMITTER: Tan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12180329 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature