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Meningococcal Meningitis: Unprecedented Incidence of Serogroup X—Related Cases in 2006 in Niger by Boisier, Pascal, Nicolas, Pierre, Djibo, Saacou, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Jeanne, Isabelle, Maínassara, Halima Boubacar, Tenebray, Bernard, Kairo, Kiari Kaka, Giorgini, Dario, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…Background. In Niger, epidemic meningococcal meningitis is primarily caused by Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) serogroup A. However, since 2002, Nm serogroup W135…”
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Increase in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, Niger, 2010 by Collard, Jean Marc, Maman, Zaneidou, Yacouba, Harouna, Djibo, Saacou, Nicolas, Pierre, Jusot, Jean Francois, Rocourt, Jocelyne, Maitournam, Rabi

“…Increase in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, Niger, 2010…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Isolated in the African Meningitis Belt between 1988 and 2003 Shows Dominance of Sequence Type 5 (ST-5) and ST-11 Complexes by Nicolas, Pierre, Norheim, Gunnstein, Garnotel, Eric, Djibo, Saacou, Caugant, Dominique A

“…At the two World Health Organization Collaborating Centers for Reference and Research on Meningococci in Marseilles, France, and Oslo, Norway, the multilocus…”
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New rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, W135, C, and Y by Chanteau, Suzanne, Dartevelle, Sylvie, Mahamane, Ali Elhadj, Djibo, Saacou, Boisier, Pascal, Nato, Farida

“…Outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis (meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis) are a major public health concern in the African "meningitis belt," which…”
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Field evaluation of two rapid diagnostic tests for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A during the 2006 outbreak in Niger by Rose, Angela M C, Gerstl, Sibylle, Mahamane, Ali E-H, Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Bonte, Laurence, Caugant, Dominique A, Guerin, Philippe J, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…The Pastorex((R)) (BioRad) rapid agglutination test is one of the main rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for meningococcal disease currently in use in the…”
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Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups W135 and A Were Equally Prevalent among Meningitis Cases Occurring at the End of the 2001 Epidemics in Burkina Faso and Niger by TAHA, Muhamed-Kheir, PARENT DU CHATELET, Isabelle, SCHLUMBERGER, Martin, SANOU, Idrissa, DJIBO, Saacou, DE CHABALIER, Francois, ALONSO, Jean-Michel

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Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 ST-2881 by Boisier, Pascal, Nicolas, Pierre, Djibo, Saacou, Hamidou, Amina Amadou, Tenebray, Bernard, Borrow, Raymond, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…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…”
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Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger by Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Taha, Muhamed Kheir, Alonso, Jean Michel, Djibo, Ali, Kairo, Kiari Kaka, Chanteau, Suzanne, Boisier, Pascal

“…To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to…”
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Epidemiological patterns of meningococcal meningitis in Niger in 2003 and 2004: under the threat of N. meningitidis serogroup W135 by Boisier, Pascal, Djibo, Saacou, Sidikou, Fati, Mindadou, Habsatou, Kairo, Kiari Kaka, Djibo, Ali, Goumbi, Kadade, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…Summary Since the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 epidemic in Burkina Faso in 2002, the neighbouring countries dread undergoing outbreaks. Niger has…”
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Case-fatality ratio of bacterial meningitis in the African meningitis belt: We can do better by Boisier, Pascal, Maïnassara, Halima Boubacar, Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Kairo, Kiari Kaka, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…Abstract In the African meningitis belt, reported case-fatality ratio (CFR) for meningitis are usually calculated on the basis of presumed cases. We reviewed…”
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Scaling up of PCR-based surveillance of bacterial meningitis in the African meningitis belt: indisputable benefits of multiplex PCR assay in Niger by Chanteau, Suzanne, Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Moussa, Amadou, Mindadou, Habsatou, Boisier, Pascal

“…The absence of reliable laboratories for culture of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, the three main causes of…”
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Populations of pharyngeal meningococci in Niger by Nicolas, Pierre, Djibo, Saacou, Tenebray, Bernard, Castelli, Philippe, Stor, Richard, Hamidou, Amina Amadou, Boisier, Pascal, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…Abstract This study investigated the carriage of Neisseria meningitidis group W135 (NmW135) belonging to sequence type (ST)-2881, ST-11 and NmA ST-7, as these…”
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Biological diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt: Current epidemic strategy and new perspectives by Chanteau, Suzanne, Rose, Angela M.C, Djibo, Saacou, Nato, Farida, Boisier, Pascal

“…Abstract Laboratory diagnosis is an essential component in surveillance of meningococcal epidemics, as it can inform decision-makers of the Neisseria…”
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Serogrouping of non-interpretable Neisseria meningitidis carriage strains, using rapid diagnostic tests by Hamidou, Amina Amadou, Djibo, Saacou, Mamane, Ali Elhadj, Moussa, Amadou, Chanteau, Suzanne

“…Large-scale Neisseria meningitidis ( Nm) carriage studies in Africa are hampered by the lack of easy-to-perform and reliable methods for serogrouping strains…”
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Prospective survey on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and protective immunity to meningococci in schoolchildren in Niamey (Niger): focus on serogroup W135 by Amadou Hamidou, Amina, Djibo, Saacou, Elhaj Mahamane, Ali, Moussa, Amadou, Findlow, Helen, Sidikou, Fati, Cisse, Rahamatou, Garba, Amadou, Borrow, Ray, Chanteau, Suzanne, Boisier, Pascal

“…We investigated the carriage of serogroup W135 meningococci and its relationship with protective immunity in Niamey. Between February and May 2003, three…”
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Epidemiological patterns of meningococcal meningitis in Niger in 2003 and 2004 : under the threat of N. meningitidis serogroup WI35 by BOISIER, Pascal, DJIBO, Saacou, SIDIKOU, Fati, MINDADOU, Habsatou, KIARI KAKA KAIRO, DJIBO, Ali, GOUMBI, Kadade, CHANTEAU, Suzanne

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