Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of meningococcal carriage and disease isolates in Burkina Faso after mass vaccination with a serogroup a conjugate vaccine

[1] Lapeyssonnie L(1963)La méningite cérébrospinale en Afrique [in French] Bull World Health Organ 28 3-114

[2] Molesworth AM(2002)Where is the Meningitis Belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96 242-249

[3] Thomson MC(2009)Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease Vaccine 27 B51-B63

[4] Connor SJ(2005)Molecular epidemiology of J Clin Microbiol 43 5129-5135

[5] Cresswell MP(2012) isolated in the African meningitis belt between 1988 and 2003 shows dominance of sequence type 5 (ST-5) and ST-11 complexes PLoS One 7 e46019-854

[6] Morse AP(2001)Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates from countries in the African meningitis belt before introduction of a serogroup A conjugate vaccine Emerg Infect Dis 7 849-186

[7] Shears P(2005)Clonal expansion of sequence type (ST-)5 and emergence of ST-7 in serogroup A meningococci, Africa APMIS 113 182-A41

[8] Harrison LH(2007)Pharyngeal carriage of serogroup W135 Vaccine 25 A37-923

[9] Trotter CL(2007) in Hajjees and their family contacts in Morocco, Oman and Sudan Emerg Infect Dis 13 920-1605

[10] Ramsay ME(2002)The first large epidemic of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup W135, Burkina Faso, 2002 J Infect Dis 185 1596-663

[1] Lapeyssonnie L(1963)La méningite cérébrospinale en Afrique [in French] Bull World Health Organ 28 3-114

[2] Molesworth AM(2002)Where is the Meningitis Belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96 242-249

[3] Thomson MC(2009)Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease Vaccine 27 B51-B63

[4] Connor SJ(2005)Molecular epidemiology of J Clin Microbiol 43 5129-5135

[5] Cresswell MP(2012) isolated in the African meningitis belt between 1988 and 2003 shows dominance of sequence type 5 (ST-5) and ST-11 complexes PLoS One 7 e46019-854

[6] Morse AP(2001)Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates from countries in the African meningitis belt before introduction of a serogroup A conjugate vaccine Emerg Infect Dis 7 849-186

[7] Shears P(2005)Clonal expansion of sequence type (ST-)5 and emergence of ST-7 in serogroup A meningococci, Africa APMIS 113 182-A41

[8] Harrison LH(2007)Pharyngeal carriage of serogroup W135 Vaccine 25 A37-923

[9] Trotter CL(2007) in Hajjees and their family contacts in Morocco, Oman and Sudan Emerg Infect Dis 13 920-1605

[10] Ramsay ME(2002)The first large epidemic of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup W135, Burkina Faso, 2002 J Infect Dis 185 1596-663