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Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002

Nathan N, Rose AMC, Legros D, Tiendrebeogo SRM, Bachy C, Bjørløw E, Firmenich P, Guerin PJ, Caugant DA
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Abstract
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.

Countries

Burkina Faso

Subject Area

outbreaksdisease surveillance

Languages

English
DOI
10.3201/eid1306.060940
Published Date
01 Jun 2007
PubMed ID
17553237
Journal
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 920-923
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