Molecular characterization of invasive meningococcal isolates in Burkina Faso as the relative importance of serogroups X and W increases, 2008-2012.
Adam C RetchlessMalika Congo-OuédraogoDinanibè KambiréJeni VuongAlex ChenFang HuAbsetou Ky BaAbdoul-Salam OuédraogoSoumeya Hema-OuangraouaJaymin C PatelRasmata Ouédraogo TraoréLassana SangaréXin WangPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2018)
The population of disease-associated N. meningitidis strains within Burkina Faso was highly dynamic between 2008 and 2012, reflecting both vaccine-imposed selection against serogroup A strains and potentially complex clonal waves of serogroup X and serogroup W strains.
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