SHORT REPORT Microbiological and epidemiological investigation of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A epidemic in Niger in 2009: last wave before the introduction of the serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine?
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1 Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (CERMES), BP 10887, Niamey, Niger 2 Division des Statistiques, de la Surveillance et de la Riposte aux Epidémies (DSSRE), Ministère de la Santé Publique, BP 623, Niamey, Niger 3 Unité du méningocoque, Centre Collaborateur OMS, Institut de Recherches Biomédicales des Armées, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Parc du Pharo, BP 60109, 13262 Marseille cedex 07 France
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Microbiological and epidemiological investigation of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A epidemic in Niger in 2009: last wave before the introduction of the serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine?
The 2009 meningitis season in Niger was characterized by an early onset, beginning in the very first weeks of the year and peaking from the 12th to the 15th week with 5655 clinical cases over the 4 weeks. From 1 January 2009 to 28 June 2009 (week 26), a total of 13,733 clinical cases of meningitis were reported to the national epidemiological surveillance system with a case-fatality rate of 4·2...
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