Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002.
In 2002, the largest epidemic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in Burkina Faso. The highest attack rate was in children <5 years of age. We describe cases from 1 district and evaluate the performance of the Pastorex test, which had good sensitivity (84%) and specificity (89%) compared with culture or PCR.
Nathan
Nicolas
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Epicentre, Paris, France.
Rose
Angela M C
AM
Legros
Dominique
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Tiendrebeogo
Sylvestre R M
SR
Bachy
Catherine
C
Bjørløw
Egil
E
Firmenich
Peter
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Guerin
Philippe J
PJ
Caugant
Dominique A
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002050:Burkina Faso / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D038582:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity