Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mihret, Wude ; Lema, Tsehaynesh ; Merid, Yared ; Kassu, Afework ; Abebe, Workeabeba ; Moges, Beyene ; Tenna, Admasu ; Woldegebriel, Fitsum ; Yidnekachew, Melaku ; Mekonnen, Wondale ; Ahmed, Arslan ; Yamuah, Lawrence ; Silamsaw, Mezgebu ; Petros, Beyene ; Oksnes, Jan ; Rosenqvist, Einar ; Ayele, Samuel ; Aseffa, Abraham ; Caugant, Dominique A. ; Norheim, Gunnstein
• Description:
  Among 139 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis in Ethiopia, 2012-2013, meningococci (19.4%) and pneumococci (12.9%) were the major disease-causing organisms. Meningococcal serogroups detected were A (n = 11), W (n = 7), C (n = 1), and X (n = 1). Affordable, multivalent meningitis vaccines for the African meningitis belt are urgently needed.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Female Humans Male Meningitis, Bacterial Meningitis, Meningococcal Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria Meningitidis Pneumococcal Infections Streptococcus Pneumoniae Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(1):75-78.
• Pubmed ID:
  26689450
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4696686
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ethiopia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:49bc49afac34777cc934fcd45d04136eae1efacc1de4080d0f56ee09ae4950d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37266/cdc_37266_DS1.pdf
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