Molecular Characteristics and Epidemiology of Meningococcal Carriage, Burkina Faso, 2003

To describe Neisseria meningitidis strains in the African meningitis belt in 2003, we obtained 2,389 oropharyngeal swabs at 5 monthly visits in a representative population sample (age range 4–29 years) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. A total of 152 carriage isolates were grouped, serotyped, and gen...

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Main Authors: Mueller, Judith E., Sangaré, Lassana, Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie, Tarnagda, Zekiba, Traoré, Yves, Yaro, Seydou, Borrow, Raymond, Gessner, Bradford D., Nicolas, Pierre
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792846/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553222
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061395
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