The establishment of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 of the clonal complex ET-37/ST-11 as an epidemic clone and the persistence of serogroup A isolates in Burkina Faso.

Njanpop-Lafourcade, Berthe-Marie

The establishment of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 of the clonal complex ET-37/ST-11 as an epidemic clone and the persistence of serogroup A isolates in Burkina Faso. [electronic resource] - Microbes and infection Apr 2005 - 645-9 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1286-4579

10.1016/j.micinf.2005.01.003 doi


Adolescent
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Burkina Faso--epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Communicable Diseases, Emerging--epidemiology
Female
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal--epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135--classification
Phenotype
Population Surveillance
Prospective Studies