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Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002
In 2002, the largest epidemic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in Burkina Faso. The highest attack rate was in children <5 years of age. We describe cases from 1 district and evaluate the performance of the Pastorex test, which had good sensitivity (84%) and specificity (89%) com...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792856/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.060940 |