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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Autores principales: Nathan, Nicolas, Rose, Angela M.C., Legros, Dominique, Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M., Bachy, Catherine, Bjørløw, Egil, Firmenich, Peter, Guerin, Philippe J., Caugant, Dominique A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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
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Sumario: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%) compared with culture or PCR.

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