Sidikou Fati, Djibo Saacou, Taha Muhamed Kheir, Alonso Jean Michel, Djibo Ali, Kairo Kiari Kaka, Chanteau Suzanne, Boisier Pascal
Centre de Recherches Médicales et Sanitaires, Niamey, Niger.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;9(11):1486-8. doi: 10.3201/eid0911.030462.
To compensate for the lack of laboratories in remote areas, the national reference laboratory for meningitis in Niger used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to enhance the surveillance of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae. PCR effectively documented the wide geographic spread of N. meningitidis serogroup W135.
为弥补偏远地区实验室的不足,尼日尔国家脑膜炎参考实验室采用聚合酶链反应(PCR)加强对脑膜炎奈瑟菌、肺炎链球菌和流感嗜血杆菌引起的脑膜炎的监测。PCR有效地记录了W135群脑膜炎奈瑟菌在广泛地理区域的传播情况。