Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002

被引：44

作者：

Nathan, Nicolas

Rose, Angela M. C.

Legros, Dorninique

Tiendrebeogo, Sylvestre R. M.

Bachy, Catherine

Bjorlow, Egil

Firmenich, Peter

Guerin, Philippe J.

Caugant, Dominique A.

机构：

[1] Epictr, Paris, France

[2] Minist Hlth, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

[3] European Programme Intervent Epidemiol Training, Oslo, Norway

[4] Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Oslo, Norway

[5] Med Sans Frontieres, Bereldange, Luxembourg

[6] WHO, Collaborating Ctr Reference & Res Meningococci, Oslo, Norway

来源：

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2007年 / 13卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.3201/eid1306.060940

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

In 2002, the largest epidemic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in Burkina Faso. The highest attack rate was in children <5 years of age. We describe cases from 1 district and evaluate the performance of the Pastorex test, which had good sensitivity (84%) and specificity (89%) compared with culture or PCR.

引用

页码：920 / 923

页数：4

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