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Volume 30, Number 3—March 2024
Research

Expansion of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Clonal Complex 10217 during Meningitis Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2019

Joann F. Kekeisen-ChenComments to Author , Felix T. Tarbangdo, Shalabh Sharma, Daya Marasini, Henju Marjuki, Janelle L. Kibler, Heather E. Reese, Seydou Ouattara, Flavien H. Ake, Issaka Yameogo, Issa Ouedraogo, Emmanuel Seini, Robert L. Zoma, Issa Tonde, Mahamoudou Sanou, Ryan T. Novak1, and Lucy A. McNamara1
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.F. Kekeisen-Chen, S. Sharma, D. Marasini, H. Marjuki, J.L. Kibler, H.E. Reese, R.T. Novak, L.A. McNamara); Davycas International, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (F.T. Tarbangdo, F.H. Ake, R.L. Zoma); Ministère de la Santé, Ouagadougou (S. Ouattara, I. Yameogo, I. Ouedraogo, E. Seini); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique Charles de Gaulle, Ouagadougou (I. Tonde, M. Sanou); Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Ouagadougou (I. Tonde, M. Sanou)

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Table 2

Number of reported cases of meningitis according to causative pathogen during January 28–May 5, 2019, in study of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clonal complex 10217 expansion in Burkina Faso*

Characteristics Suspected/probable cases† Confirmed cases, n = 137
NmC NmX Streptococcus pneumoniae Haemophilus influenzae
Total no. cases
 164
 103
 13
 16
 5
Patient sex
F 92 (56) 45 (44) 3 (23) 5 (31) 3 (60)
M
 72 (44)
 58 (56)
 10 (77)
 11 (69)
 2 (40)
Districts reporting cases
Diapaga 87 (53) 54 (52) 6 (46) 2 (13) 2 (40)
Sebba 33 (20) 30 (29) 0 1 (6) 0
Dori 13 (8) 2 (2) 6 (46) 2 (13) 0
Bogandé 14 (9) 4 (4) 0 4 (25) 3 (60)
Pama 10 (6) 5 (5) 0 5 (31) 0
Gayeri 7 (4) 8 (8) 1 (8) 2 (13) 0

*Values are no. (%). A total of 301 cases were reported. NmC, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C; NmX, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X. †Includes 3 cases that met the definition of a probable case as previously described (18).

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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