1. Risk factors for acquisition of meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt
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Brian Greenwood, Caroline Trotter, Musa Hassan-King, Samba O. Sow, Abraham Hodgson, Arouna Woukeu, Abraham Aseffa, Laura V Cooper, Daniel Chandramohan, Doumagoum M. Daugla, Aldiouma Diallo, Jean-Marc Collard, Olivier Manigart, Babatunji A. Omotara, Maria Claudia Nascimento, James M. Stuart, Ray Borrow, Anna Robson, Jean-François Jusot, Martin C. J. Maiden, University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (Niamey, Niger) (CERMES), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Unité de Bactériologie Expérimentale [Antananarivo, Madagascar] (IPM), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Centre de Support en Santé Internationale [N'Djamena, Tchad] (CSSI), Institut de recherche pour le développement [Dakar, Sénégal] (IRD Hann Maristes), Navrongo Health Research Centre [Navrongo, Ghana] (NHRC), University of Maiduguri, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Vaccine Evaluation Unit [Manchester], Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership [United Kingdom] (MMMP)-Public Health England [London], University of Oxford, The work of the MenAfriCar Consortium was supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and from the Wellcome Trust., Institutions and individual members of the MenAfriCar consortium who contributed to this study. Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Oumer Ali, Abraham Aseffa (PI), Ahmed Bedru, Tsehaynesh Lema, Tesfaye Moti, Yenenesh Tekletsion, Alemayehu Worku, Haimanot Guebre Xabher (deceased), Lawrence Yamuah. Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (CERMES), Niamey, Niger (Member of the International Network of Pasteur Institutes): Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Jean-Marc Collard (PI), Ibrahim Dan Dano, Ibrahim Habiboulaye, Bassira Issaka, Jean-François Jusot, Sani Ousmane, Issoufa Rabe. Centre de Support en Santé International (CSSI), N'Djamena, Chad: Doumagoum Moto Daugla (PI), Jean Pierre Gami, Kadidja Gamougam, Lodoum Mbainadji, Nathan Naibei, Maxime Narbé, Jacques Toralta. Centre pour les Vaccins en Développement, Bamako, Mali: Abdoulaye Berthe, Kanny Diallo, Mahamadou Keita, Uma Onwuchekwa, Samba O. Sow (PI), Boubou Tamboura, Awa Traore, Alou Toure. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA: Tom Clark, Leonard Mayer. Department of Community Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria: Mary Amodu, Omeiza Beida, Galadima Gadzama, Babatunji Omotara (PI), Zailani Sambo, Shuaibu Yahya. Faculty of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK: Daniel Chandramohan, Brian M. Greenwood (PI), Musa Hassan-King, Olivier Manigart, Maria Nascimento, James M. Stuart, Arouna Woukeu. Princeton University, USA: Nicole E. Basta. Public Health England Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Manchester, UK: Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Helen Findlow. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal: Serge Alavo, Hubert Bassene, Aldiouma Diallo (PI), Marietou Dieng, Souleymane Doucouré, Jules François Gomis, Assane Ndiaye, Cheikh Sokhna, Jean François Trape. Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana: Bugri Akalifa (deceased), Abudulai Forgor (deceased), Abraham Hodgson (PI), Isaac Osei, Stephen L. Quaye, John Williams, Peter Wontuo. University of Bristol, UK: Thomas Irving. University of Cambridge, UK, Caroline L. Trotter. University of Oxford, UK: Julia Bennett, Dorothea Hill, Odile Harrison, Martin C.J. Maiden, Lisa Rebbetts, Eleanor Watkins., and University of Oxford [Oxford]
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To investigate potential risk factors for acquisition in seven countries of the meningitis belt.Households were followed up every 2 weeks for 2 months, then monthly for a further 4 months. Pharyngeal swabs were collected from all available household members at each visit and questionnaires completed. Risks of acquisition over the whole study period and for each visit were analysed by a series of logistic regressions.Over the course of the study, acquisition was higher in: (i) 5-to 14-year olds, as compared with those 30 years or older (OR 3.6, 95% CI 1.4-9.9); (ii) smokers (OR 3.6, 95% CI 0.98-13); and (iii) those exposed to wood smoke at home (OR 2.6 95% CI 1.3-5.6). The risk of acquisition from one visit to the next was higher in those reporting a sore throat during the dry season (OR 3.7, 95% CI 2.0-6.7) and lower in those reporting antibiotic use (OR 0.17, 95% CI 0.03-0.56).Acquisition of meningococcal carriage peaked in school age children. Recent symptoms of sore throat during the dry season, but not during the rainy season, were associated with a higher risk of acquisition. Upper respiratory tract infections may be an important driver of epidemics in the meningitis belt.Investiguer les facteurs de risque potentiels d'acquisition dans sept pays de la ceinture de la méningite. MÉTHODES: Des ménages ont été suivis toutes les deux semaines pendant deux mois, puis tous les mois pendant quatre mois. Des prélèvements pharyngés sur écouvillons ont été collectés auprès de tous les membres disponibles du ménage à chaque visite et des questionnaires ont été remplis. Les risques d'acquisition sur l'ensemble de la période d’étude et pour chaque visite ont été analysés par une série de régressions logistiques. RÉSULTATS: Au cours de l’étude, l'acquisition a été plus élevée chez: (i) les 5-14 ans, par rapport à ceux âgés de 30 ans ou plus (OR = 3,6; IC95%: 1,4-9,9); (ii) les fumeurs (OR = 3,6; IC95%: 0,98-13); et (iii) les personnes exposées à la fumée de bois à la maison (OR = 2,6; IC95%: 1,3-5,6). Le risque d'acquisition d'une visite à l'autre était plus élevé chez les personnes signalant un mal de gorge pendant la saison sèche (OR = 3,7; IC95%: 2,0-6,7) et plus faible chez celles signalant une utilisation d'antibiotique (OR = 0,17; IC95%: 0,03-0,56).L'acquisition du portage du méningocoque a culminé chez les enfants d’âge scolaire. Les symptômes récents de maux de gorge pendant la saison sèche, mais pas pendant la saison des pluies, étaient associés à un risque d'acquisition plus élevé. Les infections des voies respiratoires supérieures pourraient être un facteur important d’épidémies dans la ceinture de la méningite.
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