Molecular characteristics and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage, Burkina Faso, 2003

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 847-854

  Mueller, Judith E ^a   Sangaré, Lassana ^b   Njanpop Lafourcade, Berthe Marie ^a   Tarnagda, Zekiba ^c   Traoré, Yves ^d   Yaro, Seydou ^e   Borrow, Raymond ^f   Gessner, Bradford D ^a   Nicolas, Pierre ^g  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^c Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^e CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEROTYPE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 34250011957     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1306.061395     Document Type: Article

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