Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 ST-2881

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 ST-2881

Serogroup W135 ST-2881 meningococci caused a cluster of meningitis cases in Niger in 2003. Of 80 healthy persons in the patients' villages, 28 (35%) carried meningococci; 20 of 21 W135 carrier strains were ST-2881. Ten months later, 5 former carriers were still carriers of W135 ST-2881 strains....

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Main Authors: Pascal Boisier, Pierre Nicolas, Saacou Djibo, Amina A. Hamidou, Bernard Tenebray, Raymond Borrow, Suzanne Chanteau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135
epidemiology
meningitis
Niger
carrier state
sequence analysis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/9/05-1518_article

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