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Hierarchical genomic analysis of carried and invasive serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis during the 2011 epidemic in Chad.
K Diallo, K Gamougam, DM Daugla, OB Harrison, JE Bray, DA Caugant, J Lucidarme, CL Trotter, M Hassan-King, JM Stuart, O Manigart, BM Greenwood, MCJ Maiden
May 23, 2017
Pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria species in the African meningitis belt.
Kanny Diallo, Caroline Trotter, Youssouf Timbine, Boubou Tamboura, Samba O Sow, Bassira Issaka, Ibrahim D Dano, Jean-Marc Collard, Marietou Dieng, Aldiouma Diallo, Adane Mihret, Oumer A Ali, Abraham Aseffa, Stephen L Quaye, Akalifa Bugri, Isaac Osei, Kadidja Gamougam, Lodoum Mbainadji, Doumagoum M Daugla, Galadima Gadzama, Zailani B Sambo, Babatunji A Omotara, Julia S Bennett, Lisa S Rebbetts, Eleanor R Watkins, Maria Nascimento, Arouna Woukeu, Olivier Manigart, Ray Borrow, James M Stuart, Brian M Greenwood, Martin CJ Maiden
Apr 08, 2016
African meningitis belt Non-meningococcal Neisseria Pharyngeal carriage Adolescent Adult Africa Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Carrier State Child Child Preschool Female genetic variation Humans Infant Male Meningitis Meningococcal Meningococcal Infections Neisseria Neisseria meningitidis Pharynx prevalence Risk Factors Young Adult
Emergence and genomic diversification of a virulent serogroup W
Araceli Lamelas, Julia Hauser, Jean-Pierre Dangy, Abdul-Wahab M Hamid, Katharina Röltgen, Mohamad R Abdul Sater, Abraham Hodgson, Ali Sie, Thomas Junghanss, Simon R Harris, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D Bentley, Gerd Pluschke
May 25, 2018
Countries of the African 'meningitis belt' are susceptible to meningococcal meningitis outbreaks. While in the past major epidemics have been primarily caused by serogroup A meningococci, W strains are currently responsible for...