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Characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from recent outbreaks in Ethiopia and comparison with those recovered during the epidemic of 1988 to 1989.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2006
Norheim Gunnstein, Rosenqvist Einar, Aseffa Abraham, Yassin Mohammed Ahmed, Mengistu Getahun, Kassu Afework, Fikremariam Dereje, Tamire Wegene, Høiby E Arne, Alebel Tsegaye, Berhanu Degu, Merid Yarid, Harboe Morten, Caugant Dominique A
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this study were to collect and characterize epidemic meningococcal isolates from Ethiopia from 2002 to 2003 and to compare them to 21 strains recovered during the previous large epidemic of 1988 to 1989. Ninety-five patients in all age groups with clinical signs of meningitis and a turbid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample were included in the study of isolates from 2002 to 2003. Seventy-one...
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