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. 2006 Sep;12(9):1421-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1209.051518.

Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881

Pascal Boisier  1 , Pierre Nicolas, Saacou Djibo, Amina Amadou Hamidou, Bernard Tenebray, Raymond Borrow, Suzanne Chanteau
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Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881

Pascal Boisier et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

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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Weekly reports of suspected cases of meningitis, District of Illela, 2003.
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