Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nathan, Nicolas ; Rose, Angela M.C. ; Legros, Dominique ; Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R.M. ; Bachy, Catherine ; Bjørløw, Egil ; Firmenich, Peter ; Guerin, Philippe J. ; Caugant, Dominique A.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Age Factors Bacteriological Techniques Child Child, Preschool Children Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Epidemiology Female Humans Incidence Infant Male Meningitis, Meningococcal Neisseria Meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup W135 Outbreak Polymerase Chain Reaction Sensitivity Sensitivity And Specificity Specificity

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(6):920-923.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Burkina Faso
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ebf7515329660406b0f259a04f6ab552f5030102ccfa70122aaee3103d3d411f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16483/cdc_16483_DS1.pdf
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