Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Meningitis Epidemic in Togo, 2016

Didier Mounkoro,Christelle Nikiema,Issaka Maman,Souleymane Sakandé,Catherine H Bozio,Haoua Tall,Adodo Yao Sadji,Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade,Agoro Sibabe,Dadja Essoya Landoh,Essofa O Abodji,Agbenoko Kodjo,Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe,Téné Alima Essoh,Détèma W Maba,Bradford D. Gessner,Jennifer C. Moïsi

Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Meningitis Epidemic in Togo, 2016

2019

Didier Mounkoro
Christelle Nikiema
Issaka Maman
Souleymane Sakandé
Catherine H Bozio
Haoua Tall
Adodo Yao Sadji
Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade
Agoro Sibabe
Dadja Essoya Landoh
Essofa O Abodji
Agbenoko Kodjo
Tsidi Agbeko Tamekloe
Téné Alima Essoh
Détèma W Maba
Bradford D. Gessner
Jennifer C. Moïsi

Background During 2014, 4 regions in Togo within the African meningitis belt implemented vaccination campaigns with meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine (MACV). From January to July 2016, Togo experienced its first major Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W (NmW) outbreak. We describe the epidemiology, response, and management of the outbreak.

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Virology
Medicine
Meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup
Conjugate vaccine
African meningitis belt
Neisseria meningitidis
Outbreak
Meningococcal disease
Vaccination
Population

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