| molecular characteristics and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage, burkina faso, 2003. | to describe neisseria meningitidis strains in the african meningitis belt in 2003, we obtained 2,389 oropharyngeal swabs at 5 monthly visits a representative population sample (age range 4-29 years) in bobo-dioulasso, burkina faso. a total of 152 carriage isolates were grouped, serotyped, and genotyped. most isolates were ng:nt:nst sequence type (st) 192 (63% of all n. meningitidis), followed by w135:2a:p1.5,2 of st-11 (16%) and ng:15:p1.6 of st-198 (12%). we also found st-2881 (w135:nt:p1.5,2), ... | 2007 | 17553222 |