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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2005, p. 1437-1438, Vol. 43, No. 3
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1437-1438.2005
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Molecular Epidemiology of Meningococci Isolated in Niger in 2003 Shows Serogroup A Sequence Type (ST)-7 and Serogroup W135 ST-11 or ST-2881 Strains

IMTSSA, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci, le Pharo, Marseille, France,¹ CERMES, Ministry of Health, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur, Niamey, Niger²

Received 12 August 2004/ Returned for modification 21 September 2004/ Accepted 16 November 2004

In 2003, in the Zinder and Maradi regions (Niger), epidemics were due to serogroup A:4:P1.9 meningococci belonging to sequence type 7 (ST-7). In Niamey, only sporadic cases were reported: 55% of the meningococcus strains were in serogroup A, and 38% were in serogroup W135 and could be placed in ST-11, identical to the 2002 Burkina Faso epidemic clone, and in ST-2881, a new ST.

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