Epidemiological and Molecular Characteristics of a Highly Lethal Pneumococcal Meningitis Epidemic in Burkina Faso
Author(s) -
Seydou Yaro,
Mathilde Lourd,
Yves Traoré,
BertheMarie NjanpopLafourcade,
A Sawadogo,
Lassana Sangaré,
A. Hien,
M. Ouédraogo,
Oumarou Sanou,
Isabelle Parent du Châtelet,
J.-L. Koeck,
Bradford D. Gessner
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/506940
Subject(s) - serotype , meningitis , streptococcus pneumoniae , multilocus sequence typing , neisseria meningitidis , virology , genotyping , medicine , typing , epidemiology , outbreak , genotype , pneumococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immunology , antibiotics , pediatrics , bacteria , genetics , gene
Public health and clinical strategies for meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa usually assume that Neisseria meningitidis infection causes most disease.
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