Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 ST-2881

Boisier, Pascal; Nicolas, Pierre; Djibo, Saacou; Hamidou, Amina Amadou; Tenebray, Bernard; Borrow, Raymond; Chanteau, Suzanne

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Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W135 ST-2881

Published Date:

Sep 2006

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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(9):1421-1423.

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Boisier, Pascal ; Nicolas, Pierre ; Djibo, Saacou ; Hamidou, Amina Amadou ; Tenebray, Bernard ; ... More ▼

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Serogroup W135 ST-2881 meningococci caused a cluster of meningitis cases in Niger in 2003. Of 80 healthy persons in the patients' villages, 28 (35%) carried meningococci; 20 of 21 W135 carrier strains were ST-2881. Ten months later, 5 former carriers were still carriers of W135 ST-2881 strains. The serum bactericidal antibody activity changed according to carrier status.

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