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.
Ahead of Print -Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 - Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC
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