Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008

We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveillance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identified meningococcal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2...

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Autores principales: Massenet, Denis, Inrombe, Jermias, Mevoula, Dave-Etienne, Nicolas, Pierre
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080988
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author Massenet, Denis
Inrombe, Jermias
Mevoula, Dave-Etienne
Nicolas, Pierre
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Inrombe, Jermias
Mevoula, Dave-Etienne
Nicolas, Pierre
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description We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveillance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identified meningococcal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2 different clones of serogroup A meningococci.
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spelling pubmed-26626562009-03-30 Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008 Massenet, Denis Inrombe, Jermias Mevoula, Dave-Etienne Nicolas, Pierre Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveillance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identified meningococcal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2 different clones of serogroup A meningococci. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2662656/ /pubmed/19193290 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080988 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Massenet, Denis
Inrombe, Jermias
Mevoula, Dave-Etienne
Nicolas, Pierre
Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title_full Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title_fullStr Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title_full_unstemmed Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title_short Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008
title_sort serogroup w135 meningococcal meningitis, northern cameroon, 2007–2008
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193290
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1502.080988
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