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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Pharyngeal carriage of serogroup W135 Neisseria meningitidis in Hajjees and their family contacts in Morocco, Oman and Sudan
APMIS, Volume 113, No. 3, Year 2005
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In 2000 the global outbreak that began in Saudi Arabia was caused by a W135:2a:P1.5,2 strain of Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the ET-37 complex and to ST-11. There was concern that introduction of this epidemic clone (EC) might lead to a wave of outbreaks in the African meningitis belt. The WHO therefore initiated studies of meningococcal carriage among pilgrims and their family contacts in Morocco, Oman and Sudan, 3 to 12 months after the Hajj 2000. In Morocco, 1186 persons were swabbed 3 times. Ninety-five meningococcal strains were isolated from 2.7% of the specimens. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that 32 (33.6%) were identical with the EC. In Sudan, 5 strains identical with the EC were obtained after sampling 285 persons. In Oman, among 18 meningococcal strains isolated from 399 subjects, 11 (61.1%) belonged to the EC. The important pharyngeal carriage of W135 (EC) and its role in the 2001-2002 outbreaks in Burkina Faso argues for the necessity of reinforcing surveillance, and adapting and planning responses in Africa and the Middle East using the most appropriate vaccine. Copyright © APMIS 2005.
Authors & Co-Authors
Nicolas, Pierre
France, Marseille
Who Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Meningococci
France, Marseille
Imtssa Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé Des Armées
M'Barek, N. Ait
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Al-Awaidy, Salah Thabit
Unknown Affiliation
Al-Busaidy, S. M.
Oman, Muscat
Central Public Health Laboratory
Sulaiman, Nageeb
Sudan, Khartoum
National Health Laboratory Sudan
Issa Ahmed, Mohamed
Sudan, Khartoum
National Health Laboratory Sudan
Mahjour, J.
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Ministry of Health, Morocco
Mölling, Paula
Sweden, Orebro
Universitetssjukhuset Örebro
Caugant, Dominique A.
Norway, Oslo
Folkehelseinstituttet
Olcén, Per Olof
Sweden, Orebro
Universitetssjukhuset Örebro
Santamaria, Maria
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0463.2005.apm1130305.x
ISSN:
09034641
Study Locations
Burkina Faso
Morocco
Sudan