A predictable comeback: The second pandemic of infections caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A subgroup III in Africa, 1995

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Riou, J Y ^a   Djibo, S ^b   Sangare, L ^c   Lombart, J P ^d   Fagot, P ^e   Chippaux, J P ^b   Guibourdenche, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Meningitis Schistosomiasis Res C   (Niger)

^c Lab Bacteriol CHN Yalgado O   (Burkina Faso)

^d Hôpital Central de Moundou   (Chad)

^e Annexe de Garoua   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CHAD; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGER; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0029900803     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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