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- Title
Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger.
- Authors
Sidikou, Fati; Djibo, Saacou; Taha, Muhamed Kheir; Alonso, Jean Michel; Djibo, Ali; Kairo, Kiari Kaka; Chanteau, Suzanne; Boisier, Pascal
- Abstract
To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae. PCR effectively documented the wide geographic spread of N. meningitidis serogroup W135.
- Publication
Emerging infectious diseases, 2003, Vol 9, Issue 11, p1486
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0911.030462