Polymerase chain reaction assay and bacterial meningitis surveillance in remote areas, Niger

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2003-11, Vol.9 (11), p.1486-1488
Hauptverfasser:	Sidikou, Fati, Djibo, Saacou, Taha, Muhamed Kheir, Alonso, Jean Michel, Djibo, Ali, Kairo, Kiari Kaka, Chanteau, Suzanne, Boisier, Pascal
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Diagnosis Dispatch Haemophilus influenzae Haemophilus influenzae - isolation & purification Humans Life Sciences Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial Meningitis, Bacterial - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Microbiology and Parasitology Neisseria meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification Niger Niger - epidemiology Polymerase Chain Reaction Population Surveillance Population Surveillance - methods Rural Population Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0911.030462