Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Northern Cameroon, 2007–2008

摘要

We analyzed results of recent microbiologic surveil-lance of meningitis in northern Cameroon. During the 2007 and 2008 meningitis seasons, all 57 identifi ed meningo-coccal isolates were serogroup W135. This situation might indicate that the area is experiencing a period between epidemic waves due to 2 different clones of serogroup A meningococci