Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;12(9):1421-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1209.051518.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Blood Bactericidal Activity
  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / epidemiology*
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup W-135 / isolation & purification*
  • Niger / epidemiology
  • Prevalence