We developed an optimized user-friendly pipeline for the routine analysis of Neisseria meningitidis isolates to provide an alternative based on WGS compared to conventionally employed molecular typing
aPorA variable region (VR) type as described Sacchi [43]. bfHbp ID from peptide database at http://pubmlst.org/neisseria/fHbp. cVariant group as described by Masignani [8].