Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013
Among 139 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis in Ethiopia, 2012–2013, meningococci (19.4%) and pneumococci (12.9%) were the major disease-causing organisms. Meningococcal serogroups detected were A (n = 11), W (n = 7), C (n = 1), and X (n = 1). Affordable, multivalent meningitis vaccines fo...
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| author | Wude Mihret Tsehaynesh Lema Yared Merid Afework Kassu Workeabeba Abebe Beyene Moges Admasu Tenna Fitsum Woldegebriel Melaku Yidnekachew Wondale Mekonnen Arslan Ahmed Lawrence Yamuah Mezgebu Silamsaw Beyene Petros Jan Oksnes Einar Rosenqvist Samuel Ayele Abraham Aseffa Dominique A. Caugant Gunnstein Norheim |
| author_facet | Wude Mihret Tsehaynesh Lema Yared Merid Afework Kassu Workeabeba Abebe Beyene Moges Admasu Tenna Fitsum Woldegebriel Melaku Yidnekachew Wondale Mekonnen Arslan Ahmed Lawrence Yamuah Mezgebu Silamsaw Beyene Petros Jan Oksnes Einar Rosenqvist Samuel Ayele Abraham Aseffa Dominique A. Caugant Gunnstein Norheim |
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| description | Among 139 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis in Ethiopia, 2012–2013, meningococci (19.4%) and pneumococci (12.9%) were the major disease-causing organisms. Meningococcal serogroups detected were A (n = 11), W (n = 7), C (n = 1), and X (n = 1). Affordable, multivalent meningitis vaccines for the African meningitis belt are urgently needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1012e5aa2146440a99c1e2fed16cfe7a2022-12-22T00:48:04ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592016-01-01221757810.3201/eid2201.150432Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013Wude MihretTsehaynesh LemaYared MeridAfework KassuWorkeabeba AbebeBeyene MogesAdmasu TennaFitsum WoldegebrielMelaku YidnekachewWondale MekonnenArslan AhmedLawrence YamuahMezgebu SilamsawBeyene PetrosJan OksnesEinar RosenqvistSamuel AyeleAbraham AseffaDominique A. CaugantGunnstein NorheimAmong 139 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis in Ethiopia, 2012–2013, meningococci (19.4%) and pneumococci (12.9%) were the major disease-causing organisms. Meningococcal serogroups detected were A (n = 11), W (n = 7), C (n = 1), and X (n = 1). Affordable, multivalent meningitis vaccines for the African meningitis belt are urgently needed.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/1/15-0432_articlebacterial meningitisNeisseria meningitidisStreptococcus pneumoniaemeningococcipneumococcimeningococcal serogroups |
| spellingShingle | Wude Mihret Tsehaynesh Lema Yared Merid Afework Kassu Workeabeba Abebe Beyene Moges Admasu Tenna Fitsum Woldegebriel Melaku Yidnekachew Wondale Mekonnen Arslan Ahmed Lawrence Yamuah Mezgebu Silamsaw Beyene Petros Jan Oksnes Einar Rosenqvist Samuel Ayele Abraham Aseffa Dominique A. Caugant Gunnstein Norheim Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 Emerging Infectious Diseases bacterial meningitis Neisseria meningitidis Streptococcus pneumoniae meningococci pneumococci meningococcal serogroups |
| title | Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 |
| title_full | Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 |
| title_fullStr | Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 |
| title_short | Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 |
| title_sort | surveillance of bacterial meningitis ethiopia 2012 2013 |
| topic | bacterial meningitis Neisseria meningitidis Streptococcus pneumoniae meningococci pneumococci meningococcal serogroups |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/1/15-0432_article |
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