The diversity of meningococcal carriage across the African meningitis belt and the impact of vaccination with a group a meningococcal conjugate vaccine

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1298-1307

  Ali, Oumer ^a   Aseffa, Abraham ^a   Bedru, Ahmed ^a   Lema, Tsehaynesh ^a   Moti, Tesfaye ^a   Tekletsion, Yenenesh ^a   Worku, Alemayehu ^a   Xabher, Haimanot Guebre ^a   Yamuah, Lawrence ^a   Boukary, Rahamatou Moustapha ^a   Collard, Jean Marc ^a   Dano, Ibrahim Dan ^a   Habiboulaye, Ibrahim ^a   Issaka, Bassira ^a   Jusot, Jean François ^a   Ousmane, Sani ^a   Rabe, Issoufa ^a   Daugla, Doumagoum Moto ^a   Gami, Jean Pierre ^a   Gamougam, Kadidja ^a   Mbainadji, Lodoum ^a   Naibei, Nathan ^a   Narbé, Maxime ^a   Toralta, Jacques ^a   Berthe, Abdoulaye ^a   Diallo, Kanny ^a   Keita, Mahamadou ^a   Onwuchekwa, Uma ^a   Sow, Samba O ^a   Tamboura, Boubou ^a   Traore, Awa ^a   Toure, Alou ^a   Clark, Tom ^a   Mayer, Leonard ^a   Amodu, Mary ^a   Beida, Omeiza ^a   Gadzama, Galadima ^a   Omotara, Babatunji ^a   Sambo, Zailani ^a   Yahya, Shuaibu ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Hassan King, Musa ^a   Manigart, Olivier ^a   Nascimento, Maria ^a   Stuart, James M ^a   Woukeu, Arouna ^a   Basta, Nicole E ^a   Bai, Xilian ^a   Borrow, Ray ^a   Findlow, Helen ^a   Alavo, Serge ^a   Bassene, Hubert ^a   Diallo, Aldiouma ^a   Dieng, Marietou ^a   Doucouré, Souleymane ^a   Gomis, Jules François ^a   Ndiaye, Assane ^a   Sokhna, Cheikh ^a   Trape, Jean François ^a   Akalifa, Bugri ^a   Forgor, Abudulai ^a   Hodgson, Abraham ^a   Osei, Isaac ^a   Quaye, Stephen L ^a   Williams, John ^a   Wontuo, Peter ^a   Irving, Thomas ^a   Trotter, Caroline L ^a   Bennett, Julia ^a   Hill, Dorothea ^a   Harrison, Odile ^a   Maiden, Martin C ^a   Rebbetts, Lisa ^a   Watkins, Eleanor ^a   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; carriage; meningitis; meningococcus; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIALIZATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS VACCINATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943373809     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv211     Document Type: Article

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