Antipneumococcal Seroprevalence and Pneumococcal Carriage During a Meningococcal Epidemic in Burkina Faso, 2006
Author(s) -
Seydou Yaro,
BertheMarie NjanpopLafourcade,
Ali Drabo,
Régina S. Idohou,
Sita S. Kroman,
Oumarou Sanou,
Yves Traoré,
Lassana Sangaré,
Serge Diagbouga,
J.-L. Koeck,
Ray Borrow,
B. D. Gessner,
Judith E. Mueller
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1093/infdis/jit641
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , meningococcal meningitis , meningitis , medicine , carriage , incidence (geometry) , streptococcus pneumoniae , neisseria meningitidis , virology , pediatrics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , biology , serology , antibiotics , physics , pathology , optics , bacteria , genetics
To better understand the high incidence of pneumococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt, we conducted a pneumococcal seroprevalence study during a meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Western Burkina Faso, March 2006.
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