Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002

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Abstract

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.

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Nathan, N., Rose, A. M. C., Legros, D., Tiendrebeogo, S. R. M., Bachy, C., Bjørløw, E., … Caugant, D. A. (2007). Meningitis serogroup W135 outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(6), 920–923. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.060940

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