Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002
oleh: Nicolas Nathan, Angela M.C. Rose, Dominique Legros, Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo, Catherine Bachy, Egil Bjørløw, Peter Firmenich, Philippe J. Guerin, Dominique A. Caugant
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-06-01 |
Deskripsi
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.