Spread of the meningococci group C isolates of the clonal complex 10217 beyond the African meningitis belt

• Published in: IJID regions Vol. 13; p. 100458
• Main Authors: Bouheraoua, Selma, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Laliam, Rym, Guettou, Badia, Djedjig, Fatiha, Djemaa, Meriem, Sellami, Youcef, Yousfi, Mohamed, Aissat, FZohra, Achour, Nassima, Mahrane, Sadjia, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Tali Maamar, Hassiba
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Infectious Disease; Invasive meningococcal diseases; Life Sciences; Microbiology and Parasitology; Multi-locus sequence typing; Neisseria meningitidis; Real-time PCR; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Short Communication; Surveillance; Invasive meningococcal diseases; Neisseria meningitidis; Real-time PCR; Surveillance; Multi-locus sequence typing

•Serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease is rare in Algeria.•Serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease is frequent in sub-Saharan Africa.•Serogroup C isolates in sub-Saharan Africa belong to the clonal complex 10217.•These isolates are recently reported in Algeria among migrants and autochthones...