title: Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger.
abstract: To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae. PCR effectively documented the wide geographic spread of N. meningitidis serogroup W135.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches Médicales et Sanitaires, Niamey, Niger.
authors.forename: Fati
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sidikou
authors.forename: Saacou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djibo
authors.forename: Muhamed Kheir
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Taha
authors.forename: Jean Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Djibo
authors.forename: Kiari Kaka
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kairo
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanteau
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boisier
mesh_terms: D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009548:Niger / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012424:Rural Population; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification*