An Outbreak of Serotype 1 <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Meningitis in Northern Ghana with Features That Are Characteristic of <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> Meningitis Epidemics

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BACKGROUND: The Kassena-Nankana District (KND) of northern Ghana lies in the African meningitis belt, where epidemics of bacterial meningitis have been reoccurring every 8-12 years. These epidemics are generally caused by Neisseria meningitidis, an organism that is considered to be uniquely capable of causing meningitis epidemics. METHODS: We recruited all patients with suspected meningitis in the KND between...

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