Neisseria meningitidis serogroups W135 and A were equally prevalent among meningitis cases occurring at the end of the 2001 epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger.
Meningococcal infections occur as epidemics in the African meningitis belt. Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A is predominantly involved in these epidemics. We report here new data on the involvement of both serogroups A and W135 in meningitis cases in Burkina Faso and Niger at the end of the 2001 epidemic.
Taha
Muhamed-Kheir
MK
Neisseria Unit, National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
Parent Du Chatelet
Isabelle
I
Schlumberger
Martin
M
Sanou
Idrissa
I
Djibo
Saacou
S
de Chabalier
François
F
Alonso
Jean-Michel
JM
D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping