Invasive serogroup W meningococcal disease in children a national survey from 2001 to 2008 in France

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 798-800

  Gaschignard, Jean ^a,b,c   Levy, Corinne ^c,d   Deghmane, Ala Eddine ^e   Dubos, François ^c,f   Muszlak, Mathias ^g   Cohen, Robert ^c,d   Bingen, Edouard ^a,b,c   Faye, Albert ^a,b,c   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^e  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Pediatric Infectious Disease Group   (France)

^d ACTIV   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MAYOTTE   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup W; ST sequence type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84883228377     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828e9e91     Document Type: Article

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