Recent Increase in Meningitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups A and W135, Yaoundé, Cameroon

From 1991 to 1998, Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, and C represented 2%-10% of strains isolated from cases of bacterial meningitis in Yaoundé. During 1999 to 2000, the percentage of meningococci reached 17%, a proportion never reported since recordkeeping began in 1984. The increase of serog...

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Autores principales: Fonkoua, Marie-Christine, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Nicolas, Pierre, Cunin, Patrick, Alonso, Jean-Michel, Bercion, Raymond, Musi, Jeanne, Martin, Paul M.V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010308

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11927034
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0803.010308

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