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. 2016 Jul;22(7):1262-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid2207.151511.

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010-2014

Haoua Tall, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Didier Mounkoro, Loukoumane Tidjani, Kodjo Agbenoko, Issifou Alassani, Moussa Amidou, Stanislas Tamekloe, Kenneth G Laing, Adam A Witney, Jason Hinds, Mark P G van der Linden, Bradford D Gessner, Jennifer C Moïsi

Identification of Streptococcus suis Meningitis through Population-Based Surveillance, Togo, 2010-2014

Haoua Tall et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jul.

Abstract

During 2010-2014, we enrolled 511 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis into surveillance in 2 districts of northern Togo. We identified 15 persons with Streptococcus suis infection; 10 had occupational contact with pigs, and 12 suffered neurologic sequelae. S. suis testing should be considered in rural areas of the African meningitis belt.

Keywords: Africa; Streptococcus suis; Togo; bacteria; meningitis; meningitis belt; occupational health; surveillance; zoonoses.

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Streptococcus suis and other Streptococcus spp. infections identified per month through acute bacterial meningitis surveillance in northern Togo, 2010–2014.
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