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Table 3 Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among 7479 individuals, 1–29 year old, in 4 kebeles in Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Southern Ethiopia prior to implementation of MenAfriVac, a conjugate vaccine

   

Kebelea

 

Total

A

B

C

D

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total

492

6.58

104

7.96

125

5.04

214

9.90

49

3.20

Serogroup B

2

0.03

0

0.00

0

0.00

1

0.05

1

0.07

Serogroup C

7

0.09

1

0.08

0

0.00

2

0.09

4

0.26

Serogroup W

29

0.39

12

0.92

8

0.32

7

0.32

2

0.13

Serogroup X

69

0.92

2

0.15

14

0.56

35

1.62

18

1.17

Serogroup Y

9

0.12

3

0.23

3

0.12

2

0.09

1

0.07

Non-groupable

376

5.03

86

6.58

100

4.03

167

7.73

23

1.50

  1. aKebele: Genta Mechie (A), Zigiti Mechie (B), Gatse (C) and Kolla Shelle (D)