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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 1

Number of PCR-confirmed bacterial meningitis cases during January 28–May 5, 2019, in study of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C clonal complex 10217 expansion in Burkina Faso*

Bacteria No. (%) cases
Neisseria meningitidis
Serogroup A 0
Serogroup B 0
Serogroup C 103 (75)
Serogroup W 0
Serogroup X 13 (9)
Serogroup Y
 0
Streptococcus pneumoniae
 16 (12)
Haemophilus influenzae
Type b 2 (1)
Non-b
 3 (2)
Total 137

*Cases were from Diapaga, Sebba, Dori, Bogandé, Sebba, and Gayeri districts.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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