Bacterial Meningitis Epidemiology in Burkina Faso and Niger—High-Risk Countries in the Meningitis Belt of Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015–2023
Nm, Sp and Hi continue to cause disease in Burkina Faso and Niger. Men5CV could help address the burden of serogroup C, W, and X meningococcal disease.
Authors
- Mahamoudou Ouattara
- Natacha Cureau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-7048)
- Hamed Sid-waya Ouedraogo
- Elhadji Ibrahim Tassiou
- Reggis Katsande
- Clément Lingani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9332-5693)
- Lesley McGee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-921X)
- Veronica Pinell-McNamara
- Flavien Aké
- Jennifer L. Farrar
- Anderson Latt
- André Bita
- Heidi M. Soeters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-9340)
- John Neatherlin
- Sani Ousmane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2886-0857)
- Félix Tarbangdo
- Lucy A. McNamara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8240-7493)
- Issa Tondé
- Joann F. Kekeisen-Chen
- Fréderic Kambou
- Ryan Novak
- Mahamoudou Sanou
- Katya C. Fernandez
- Lassane Kafando
- Adakal Aboubacar
- Lana Childs
- Lorenzo Pezzoli
- Zaneidou Mamane
- Henju Marjuki
- Miwako Kobayashi
- Aichatou Arzika Issoufou
- Frédérick Acho
- Mamadou Tamboura
- C A Patrick Gbaguidi
- Issaka Yameogo
Institutions
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (US)
- Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (NE)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (BF)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo (BF)
- Ministère De La Santé (BF)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (CG)
- Ministère de la Santé Publique (NE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiag116
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00