Volume 9, Number 11, November 2003

Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay and Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in Remote Areas, Niger

Fati Sidikou,* Saacou Djibo,* Muhamed Kheir Taha,† Jean Michel Alonso,† Ali Djibo,‡ Kiari Kaka Kairo,‡ Suzanne Chanteau,* and Pascal Boisier*
*Centre de Recherches Médicales et Sanitaires, Niamey, Niger; †Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; and ‡Ministère de la Santé, Niamey, Niger

Figure 2. Distribution of serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis according to region, November 2002–May 2003. (N. meningitidis U.S. = unpredicted serogroup, i.e., not A, not B, not C, not Y and not W135.)

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