An Outbreak of Serotype 1Streptococcus pneumoniaeMeningitis in Northern Ghana with Features That Are Characteristic ofNeisseria meningitidisMeningitis Epidemics | Zendy

Julia Leimkugel | Zendy; Abudulai Adams Forgor | Zendy; Sébastien Gagneux | Zendy; Valentin Pflüger | Zendy; Christian Flierl | Zendy; Elizabeth Awine | Zendy; Naegeli Martin | Zendy; JeanPierre Dangy | Zendy; Thomas Smith | Zendy; Abraham Hodgson | Zendy; Gerd Pluschke | Zendy

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An Outbreak of Serotype 1Streptococcus pneumoniaeMeningitis in Northern Ghana with Features That Are Characteristic ofNeisseria meningitidisMeningitis Epidemics

Author(s) -

Julia Leimkugel,

Abudulai Adams Forgor,

Sébastien Gagneux,

Valentin Pflüger,

Christian Flierl,

Elizabeth Awine,

Naegeli Martin,

JeanPierre Dangy,

Thomas Smith,

Abraham Hodgson,

Gerd Pluschke

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/431151

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , meningitis , neisseria meningitidis , streptococcus pneumoniae , serotype , biology , virology , meningococcal vaccine , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , vaccination , medicine , antibiotics , genotype , pediatrics , genetics , bacteria , gene

The Kassena-Nankana District (KND) of northern Ghana lies in the African meningitis belt, where epidemics of bacterial meningitis have been reoccurring every 8-12 years. These epidemics are generally caused by Neisseria meningitidis, an organism that is considered to be uniquely capable of causing meningitis epidemics.

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