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Clonal waves of Neisseria meningitidis
Gerd Pluschke and colleagues from the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel analysed throat carriage of meningococci in one district of Ghana, and identified features of the isolates that might contribute to the susceptibility of residents in the African meningitis belt to the meningococcal epidemics that occur here.
Citation: Leimkugel J, Hodgson A, Forgor AA, Pfluger V, Dangy JP, et al. (2007) Clonal waves of Neisseria meningitidis colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: An eight-year longitudinal study in northern Ghana. PLoS Med 4(3): e101.
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- Caption: Dwelling compound in northern Ghana during the dry meningitis season; Photographer: G. Pluschke
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