<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> Serogroups W135 and A Were Equally Prevalent among Meningitis Cases Occurring at the End of the 2001 Epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger

Taha, Muhamed‐Kheir; Parent du Châtelet, Isabelle; Schlumberger, M; Sanou, Idrissa; Djibo, Saacou; de Chabalier, François; Alonso, Jean‐Michel

doi:10.1128/jcm.40.3.1083-1084.2002

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Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups W135 and A Were Equally Prevalent among Meningitis Cases Occurring at the End of the 2001 Epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Mar 1, 2002

Authors:

Muhamed‐Kheir Taha

Isabelle Parent du Châtelet

M Schlumberger

Abstract

Meningococcal infections occur as epidemics in the African meningitis belt. Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A is predominantly involved in these epidemics. We report here new data on the involvement of both serogroups A and W135 in meningitis cases in Burkina Faso and Niger at the end of the 2001 e...

Subject

Neisseria meningitidis

Meningococcal meningitis

Meningitis

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