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Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881.

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Serogroup W135 ST-2881 meningococci caused a cluster of meningitis cases in Niger in 2003. Of 80 healthy persons in the patients' villages, 28 (35%) carried meningococci; 20 of 21 W135 carrier strains were ST-2881. Ten months later, 5 former carriers were still carriers of W135 ST-2881 strains. The serum bactericidal antibody activity changed according to carrier status.
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pasteur-00561845 , version 1 (04-02-2011)

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Pascal Boisier, Pierre Nicolas, Saacou Djibo, Amina Amadou Hamidou, Bernard Tenebray, et al.. Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, 12 (9), pp.1421-1423. ⟨10.3201/eid1209.051518⟩. ⟨pasteur-00561845⟩
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