Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008

Denis Massenet

, Jermias Inrombe, Dave-Etienne Mevoula, and Pierre Nicolas

Author affiliations: Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Garoua, Cameroon (D. Massenet); Délégation de la Santé du Nord, Garoua (J. Inrombe); Délégation de la Santé de l'Extrême-Nord, Maroua, Cameroon (D.-E. Mevoula); Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseilles, France (P. Nicolas)

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Appendix Figure 1

Monthly distribution of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens tested in Centre Pasteur du Cameroun in Garoua and identified pathogens (January 2007-June 2008). Black, Neisseria meningitidis; gray, Haemophilus influenzae; hatched, Streptococcus pneumoniae; dotted, turbid CSF without identified etiologic agent; white, crystal clear CSF; line, number of notified cases.

Appendix Figure 1. Monthly distribution of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens tested in Centre Pasteur du Cameroun in Garoua and identified pathogens (January 2007-June 2008). Black, Neisseria meningitidis; gray, Haemophilus influenzae; hatched, Streptococcus pneumoniae; dotted, turbid CSF without identified etiologic agent; white, crystal clear CSF; line, number of notified cases.

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