Household transmission of Neisseria meningitidis in the African meningitis belt: a longitudinal cohort study

Autor: Kadidja Gamougam, Doumagoum Moto Dauglaz, Ibrahim Habiboulaye, Awa Traore, Sani Ousmane, Jean Pierre Gami, Thomas A. Clark, Leonard W. Mayer, Uma Onwuchekwa, Mahamadou Keita, Jacques Toralta, Aldiouma Diallo, Peter Wontuo, Eleanor R. Watkins, Arouna Woukeu, Martin C. J. Maiden, Boubou Tamboura, Daniel Chandramohan, Jean-Marc Collard, Kanny Diallo, Alemayehu Worku, Musa Hassan-King, Lawrence Yamuah, Ibrahim Dan Dano, Yenenesh K. Tekletsion, Abraham Hodgson, Isaac Osei, Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Bassira Issaka, Dorothea M. C. Hill, Lodoum Mbainadji, Abudulai Adams Forgor, Jules F. Gomis, Tesfaye Moti Demissie, Ahmed Bedru Omer, Galadima Gadzama, Xilian Bai, Assane Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Berthe, Stephen Laryea Quaye, Hubert Bassene, Akalifa Bugri, Maria Claudia Nascimento, Olivier Manigart, Jean-François Trape, Aliou Toure, Samba O. Sow, Omeiza Beida, Marietou Dieng, James M. Stuart, Nicole E. Basta, Thomas Irving, Odile B. Harrison, Sambo Zailani, Maxime Narbé, Babatunji A. Omotara, Brian Greenwood, Ray Borrow, Issoufa Rabe, Andromachi Karachaliou, Adama Coulibaly, Haimanot Guebre Xabher, Souleymane Doucoure, Cheikh Sokhna, Serge Alavo, Helen Findlow, Julia S. Bennett, Tsehaynesh Lema, Caroline Trotter, Abraham Aseffa, Shuaibu Yahya, Lisa S. Rebbetts, John W Williams, Jean-François Jusot, Oumer Ali, Mary Amodu, Nathan Naibei

Publikováno v: The Lancet global health
The Lancet global health, Elsevier, 2016, 4 (12), pp.e989-e995. ⟨10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30244-3⟩

Summary Background Information on transmission of meningococcal infection in the African meningitis belt is scarce. We aimed to describe transmission patterns of Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) in households in the African meningitis belt. Met

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