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.
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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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author Nathan, Nicolas
Rose, Angela M.C.
Legros, Dominique
Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M.
Bachy, Catherine
Bjørløw, Egil
Firmenich, Peter
Guerin, Philippe J.
Caugant, Dominique A.
author_facet Nathan, Nicolas
Rose, Angela M.C.
Legros, Dominique
Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M.
Bachy, Catherine
Bjørløw, Egil
Firmenich, Peter
Guerin, Philippe J.
Caugant, Dominique A.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-27928562009-12-15 Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002 Nathan, Nicolas Rose, Angela M.C. Legros, Dominique Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M. Bachy, Catherine Bjørløw, Egil Firmenich, Peter Guerin, Philippe J. Caugant, Dominique A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2792856/ /pubmed/17553237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.060940 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
Nathan, Nicolas
Rose, Angela M.C.
Legros, Dominique
Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M.
Bachy, Catherine
Bjørløw, Egil
Firmenich, Peter
Guerin, Philippe J.
Caugant, Dominique A.
Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002
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title_fullStr Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002
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title_short Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002
title_sort meningitis serogroup w135 outbreak, burkina faso, 2002
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url 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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