%0 Journal Article %T Molecular epidemiology of meningococci isolated in Niger in 2003 shows serogroup A sequence type (ST)-7 and serogroup W135 ST-11 or ST-2881 strains. %+ Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées (IMTSSA) %+ Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (Niamey, Niger) (CERMES) %A Nicolas, P. %A Djibo, S. %A Moussa, A. %A Tenebray, B. %A Boisier, P. %A Chanteau, S. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0095-1137 %J Journal of Clinical Microbiology %I American Society for Microbiology %V 43 %N 3 %P 1437-8 %8 2005-03 %D 2005 %R 10.1128/JCM.43.3.1437-1438.2005 %M 15750126 %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and ParasitologyJournal articles %X In 2003, in the Zinder and Maradi regions (Niger), epidemics were due to serogroup A:4:P1.9 meningococci belonging to sequence type 7 (ST-7). In Niamey, only sporadic cases were reported: 55% of the meningococcus strains were in serogroup A, and 38% were in serogroup W135 and could be placed in ST-11, identical to the 2002 Burkina Faso epidemic clone, and in ST-2881, a new ST. %G English %L pasteur-00561864 %U https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00561864 %~ SSA %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_CERMES