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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Characteristics of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in the Central African Republic in February 1992
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, No. 2, Year 1994
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Description
A severe epidemic of serogroup A meningococcus meningitis occurred in the northwest Central African Republic from January to March 1992. Strains from 24 patients were characterized using serotyping, testing of susceptibility to antibiotics, and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. In 23 of the 24 patients the causal strain was found to be 4:P1.9/clone III-1. These results indicate that such strains continue to spread in Africa and have taken hold in areas outside the "meningitis belt." This may be a consequence of changing climatic conditions. © 1994 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
Authors & Co-Authors
Guibourdenche, Martine
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Caugant, D. A.
Norway, Oslo
Folkehelseinstituttet
Hervé, Vincent M.A.
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Debonne, Jean Marc
France, Marseille
Service Des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales
Lanckriet, C.
Central African Republic
Cnhu
Merlin, Marcel
France, Marseille
Imtssa Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé Des Armées
Mathiot, Christian C.
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Roungou, Jean Baptiste
Unknown Affiliation
Martet, Gérard
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Riou, Jean Yves
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Statistics
Citations: 10
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF01982194
ISSN:
09349723
e-ISSN:
14354373
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Central African Republic