Carriage of Neisseria lactamica in 1- to 29-year-old people in Burkina Faso: Epidemiology and molecular characterization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4020-4027

  Kristiansen, Paul A ^a   Diomandé, Fabien ^b,c   Ouédraogo, Rasmata ^d   Sanou, Idrissa ^e,f   Sangaré, Lassana ^e   Ouédraogo, Abdoul Salam ^f   Ba, Absatou Ky ^b   Kandolo, Denis ^b,g   Thomas, Jennifer Dolan ^c   Clark, Thomas A ^c   Préziosi, Marie Pierre ^h,i   LaForce, F Marc ^h   Caugant, Dominique A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pediatrique Charles de Gaulle   (Burkina Faso)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

^f MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^g Meningitis Vaccine Project   (France)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84869212368     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01717-12     Document Type: Article

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