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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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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

P. Nicolas,1* S. Djibo,2 A. Moussa,2 B. Tenebray,1 P. Boisier,2 and S. Chanteau2

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité du Méningocoque, IMTSSA, Centre Collaborateur OMS, BP 46, le Pharo, 13998 Marseille Armées France. Phone: 33 4 91 15 01 15. Fax: 33 4 91 59 44 77. E-mail: imtssa.meningo{at}wanadoo.fr.

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
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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