Volume 13, Number 6—June 2007
Research
Molecular Characteristics and Epidemiology of Meningococcal Carriage, Burkina Faso, 2003
Judith E. Mueller*
, Lassana Sangaré†, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade*, Zekiba Tarnagda‡, Yves Traoré§, Seydou Yaro¶, Raymond Borrow#, Bradford D. Gessner*, and Pierre Nicolas**
, Lassana Sangaré†, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade*, Zekiba Tarnagda‡, Yves Traoré§, Seydou Yaro¶, Raymond Borrow#, Bradford D. Gessner*, and Pierre Nicolas**Table 1
Characterization of 152 meningococcal isolates, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 2003*
| Sequence type (ST) | No. isolates (% ST) | No. tested by MLST | Phenotype | No. (%) ST isolates with phenotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST-192 | 96 (63) | 40 | NG:NT:NST | 95 (63) |
| W135:NT:NST | 1 (1) | |||
| ST-11 | 19 (13) | 5 | W135:2a:P1.5,2 | 16 (11) |
| W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 2 (1) | |||
| NG:2a:P1.5,2 | 1 (1) | |||
| ST-198 | 13 (9) | 3 | NG:15:P1.6 | 12 (8) |
| W135:15:P1.6 | 1 (1) | |||
| ST-4426 (clonal complex ST-198) | 2 (1) | 2 | NG:15:P1.6 | 2 (1) |
| ST-2881 | 8 (5) | 2 | W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 8 (5) |
| ST-4151 (single locus variant of ST-2881) | 1 (1) | 1 | W135:NT:P1.5,2 | 1 (1) |
| ST-751 | 5 (3) | 3 | X:NT:P1.5 | 5 (3) |
| ST-4376 (single locus variant of ST-751) | 1 (1) | 1 | NG:NT:P1.5 | 1 (1) |
| ST-4375 (clonal complex ST-23) | 3 (2) | 1 | Y:14:P1.5,2 | 3 (2) |
| ST-2049 | 1 (1) | 1 | NG:15:P1.6 | 1 (1) |
| ST-4377 | 2 (1) | 2 | NG:NT:NST | 2 (1) |
| Not tested | 1 (1) | – | NG: Not determined | 1 (1) |
| Total | 152 (100) | 61 | 152 (100) |
*MLST, multilocus sequence typing. NG includes nongroupable, autoagglutinable, and polyagglutinable strains.
