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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2002, p. 1083-1084, Vol. 40, No. 3
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1083-1084.2002
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Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups W135 and A Were Equally Prevalent among Meningitis Cases Occurring at the End of the 2001 Epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger

Neisseria Unit, National Reference Centre for Meningococci, Institut Pasteur,¹ Association pour l'Aide à la Médecine Préventive, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France,² Centre Hospitalier National Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso,³ Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomoses, Niamey, Niger⁴

Received 10 October 2001/ Returned for modification 5 November 2001/ Accepted 9 December 2001

Meningococcal infections occur as epidemics in the African meningitis belt. Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A is predominantly involved in these epidemics. We report here new data on the involvement of both serogroups A and W135 in meningitis cases in Burkina Faso and Niger at the end of the 2001 epidemic.

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