Molecular Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Isolates from Countries in the African Meningitis Belt before Introduction of a Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine.

Dominique A Caugant (1) , Paul Kristiansen (1) , Xin Wang (2) , Leonard W Mayer (2) , Muhamed-Kheir Taha (3) , Rasmata Ouédraogo (4) , Denis Kandolo (5) , Flabou Bougoudogo (6) , Samba Sow (7) , Laurence Bonte (8)

1 NIPH - Norwegian Institute of Public Health [Oslo]
2 CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Atlanta]
3 CC-OMS - WHO-CC - Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS pour les méningites bactériennes - WHO Collaborating Center Bacterial Meningitis
4 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles-de-Gaulle [Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso]
5 WHO Inter country Support Team for West Africa [Ouagadougou]
6 INSP - Institut National de Santé Publique [Bamako] = National Institute of Research on Public Health
7 CVD - Centre pour les Vaccins en Développement [Bamako]
8 MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Biodiversity; Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie

Dominique A Caugant, Paul Kristiansen, Xin Wang, Leonard W Mayer, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, et al.. Molecular Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Isolates from Countries in the African Meningitis Belt before Introduction of a Serogroup A Conjugate Vaccine.. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7 (9), pp.e46019. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0046019⟩. ⟨pasteur-02085540⟩