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 5
Overview of meningococci reported from meningitis patients in West Africa and the African meningitis belt, 2000–2005*
| Sequence type (ST) | Phenotype | Place and time of meningococcal disease cases |
|---|---|---|
| ST-11 | W135:2a:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, and Ghana since 2003. Epidemic and major seasonal agent in Burkina Faso during 2002–2004 (including Bobo-Dioulasso) |
| W135:NT:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2004 | |
| W135:2a:P1.2, W135:NT:P1.2 | Sporadic in Niger, 2003 | |
| Y:14:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2004 | |
| ST-1966 (ST-11 complex) | W135:2a:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Burkina Faso |
| ST-2881 | W135:NT:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Benin since 2003. Major seasonal agent in Niger during 2003 |
| ST-5 | A:4:P1.9, A:21:P1.9 | Major seasonal agent in Niger, Senegal, and Burkina Faso during 2000–2001 |
| ST-7 (ST-5 complex) | A:4:P1.9, A:21:P1.9 | Major seasonal agent and epidemic in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Nigeria |
| ST-2859 (ST-5 complex) | A:4:P1.9, A:21:P1.9 | Major seasonal agent and epidemic in Burkina Faso since 2003 (including Bobo-Dioulasso) |
| ST-751 | X:NT:P1.5, X:NT:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Burkina Faso (including Bobo-Dioulasso), Niger, and Ghana |
| ST-181 | X:NT:P1.5 | Sporadic in Niger |
| ST-2880 | Y:14:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Niger |
| ST-4375 (ST-23 complex) | Polyagglutinable:14:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2004 |
| W135:NT:P1.5,2 | Sporadic in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2004 | |
| ST-23 (ST-23 complex) | Y:14:NST | Sporadic in Senegal |
| ST-32, ST-2496 (ST-32 complex), ST-291 (ST-41/44 complex) | C:4:P1.16, B:4:P1.16, B:4:P1.7,16, B:4:P1.9 | Sporadic in Cameroon |
| ST-192 |
NG:NT:NST |
Sporadic in Bobo-Dioulasso, 2003 and 2004 |
| *Data were obtained from references 1,5,16,17,20–22, and the Neisseria multilocus sequencing typing website (http://pubmlst.org/ neisseria). | ||
