Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: Eight-year longitudinal study in northern Ghana

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-544

  Leimkugel, Julia ^a   Hodgson, Abraham ^b   Forgor, Abudulai Adams ^b   Pflüger, Valentin ^a   Dangy, Jean Pierre ^a   Smith, Tom ^a   Achtman, Mark ^c   Gagneux, Sébastien ^a,d   Pluschke, Gerd ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATIENT CARE; AGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33947696229     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040101     Document Type: Article

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