C. Békondi, C. Bernede, N. Passone, P. Minssart, C. Kamalo et al., Primary and opportunistic pathogens associated with meningitis in adults in Bangui, Central African Republic, in relation to human immunodeficiency virus serostatus, Int J Infect Dis, vol.10, pp.387-95, 2006.

R. Bercion, G. Bobossi-serengbe, J. C. Gody, E. N. Beyam, A. Manirakiza et al., Acute bacterial meningitis at the "Complexe Pédiatrique

, J Trop Pediatr, vol.54, pp.125-133, 2008.

M. M. Mustapha, J. W. Marsh, and L. H. Harrison, Global epidemiology of capsular group W meningococcal disease (1970-2015): Multifocal emergence and persistence of hypervirulent sequence type (ST)-11 clonal complex, Vaccine, vol.34, pp.1515-1538, 2016.

S. N. Ladhani, K. Beebeejaun, J. Lucidarme, H. Campbell, S. Gray et al., Increase in endemic Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W sequence type 11 complex associated with severe invasive disease in England and Wales, Clin Infect Dis, vol.60, pp.578-85, 2015.

J. Lucidarme, D. M. Hill, H. B. Bratcher, S. J. Gray, M. Du-plessis et al., Genomic resolution of an aggressive, widespread, diverse and expanding meningococcal serogroup B, C and W lineage, J Infect, vol.71, pp.544-52, 2015.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/pasteur-02013265

H. Zhou, W. Liu, L. Xu, L. Deng, Q. Deng et al., Spread of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W clone, China. Emerg Infect Dis, vol.19, pp.1496-1505, 2013.

A. Kwara, R. A. Adegbola, P. T. Corrah, M. Weber, M. Achtman et al., Meningitis caused by a serogroup W135 clone of the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis in West Africa, Trop Med Int Health, vol.3, pp.742-748, 1998.

J. M. Collard, Z. Maman, H. Yacouba, S. Djibo, P. Nicolas et al., Increase in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, Emerg Infect Dis, vol.16, pp.1496-1504, 2010.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/pasteur-00561832

C. Fraisier, R. Stor, B. Tenebray, Y. Sanson, and P. Nicolas, Use of a new single multiplex PCR-based assay for direct simultaneous characterization of six Neisseria meningitidis serogroups, J Clin Microbiol, vol.47, pp.2662-2668, 2009.

E. Bronska, J. Kalmusova, O. Dzupova, V. Maresova, P. Kriz et al., Dynamics of PCR-based diagnosis in patients with invasive meningococcal disease, Clin Microbiol Infect, vol.12, pp.137-178, 2006.

M. K. Taha, H. Claus, M. Lappann, F. J. Veyrier, A. Otto et al., Evolutionary events associated with an outbreak of meningococcal disease in men who have sex with men, PLoS One, vol.11, 2016.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/pasteur-01351740

K. A. Jolley and M. C. Maiden, BIGSdb: Scalable analysis of bacterial genome variation at the population level, BMC Bioinformatics, vol.11, p.595, 2010.

J. Rosain, E. Hong, C. Fieschi, P. V. Martins, E. Sissy et al., Strains responsible for invasive meningococcal disease in patients with terminal complement pathway deficiencies, J Infect Dis, vol.215, pp.1331-1339, 2017.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/pasteur-02013257

M. J. Hossain, A. Roca, G. A. Mackenzie, M. Jasseh, M. I. Hossain et al., Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, Emerg Infect Dis, vol.19, pp.1507-1522, 2012.

L. Cibrelus, I. Medah, D. Koussoubé, D. Yélbeogo, K. Fernandez et al., Serogroup W meningitis outbreak at the subdistrict level, Emerg Infect Dis, vol.21, pp.2063-2069, 2012.