Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2016)

Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.150432
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 75 – 78

Abstract

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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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