%0 Journal Article %T Meningococcal meningitis: unprecedented incidence of serogroup X-related cases in 2006 in Niger. %+ Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (Niamey, Niger) (CERMES) %+ Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées %+ Neisseria %+ Division du Système National d'Information Sanitaire %A Boisier, Pascal %A Nicolas, Pierre %A Djibo, Saacou %A Taha, Muhamed-Kheir %A Jeanne, Isabelle %A Maïnassara, Halima Boubacar %A Tenebray, Bernard %A Kairo, Kiari Kaka %A Giorgini, Dario %A Chanteau, Suzanne %Z Aventis Pasteur, Institut Pasteur, and the World Health Organization. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 1058-4838 %J Clinical Infectious Diseases %I Oxford University Press (OUP) %V 44 %N 5 %P 657-63 %8 2007-03-01 %D 2007 %R 10.1086/511646 %M 17278055 %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular BiologyJournal articles %X This is, to our knowledge, the first report of such a high incidence of NmX meningitis, although an unusually high incidence of NmX meningitis was also observed in the 1990s in Niamey. The increasing incidence of NmX meningitis is worrisome, because no vaccine has been developed against this serogroup. Countries in the African meningitis belt must prepare to face this potential new challenge. %G English %2 https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00561840/document %2 https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00561840/file/Clin_Infect_Dis.-2007-Boisier-657-63.pdf %L pasteur-00561840 %U https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00561840 %~ PASTEUR %~ SSA %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_PARIS %~ RIIP_CERMES