Serogroup W135 meningococcal meningitis, northern Cameroon, 2007-2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 340-342

  Massenet, Denis ^a   Inrombe, Jermias ^b   Mevoula, Dave Etienne ^b   Nicolas, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Délégation de la Santé du Nord ^*  (Cameroon)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MENINGITIS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMEROON; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS GROUP A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS GROUP C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS W135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS Y; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135;

EID: 63849173996     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1502.080988     Document Type: Article

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