Seroprevalence of bactericidal, specific IgG antibodies and incidence of meningitis due to group A Neisseria meningitidis by age in Burkina Faso 2008.

Seroprevalence of bactericidal, specific IgG antibodies and incidence of meningitis due to group A Neisseria meningitidis by age in Burkina Faso 2008.

We investigated serological correlates of protection against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) in Burkina Faso before the introduction of NmA conjugate vaccine.We collected blood from a representative sample (N = 1022) of Bobo-Dioulasso residents. Sera were evaluated for serum bactericidal an...

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Main Authors: Caroline L Trotter, Seydou Yaro, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Aly Drabo, Sita S Kroman, Regina S Idohou, Oumarou Sanou, Leah Bowen, Helen Findlow, Serge Diagbouga, Bradford D Gessner, Ray Borrow, Judith E Mueller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3573051?pdf=render

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