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Table 3 Distribution of oropharyngeal isolates by age, sex and school among primary school children in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, January to April 2019

From: Carriage rate of Neisseria meningitidis, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors among primary school children in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

School

Age

N. meningitides (N = 53)

M

F

Abiwot fire

7–10

1

0

11–14

3

0

15–18

6

0

Hibret

7–10

0

1

11–14

1

2

15–18

0

3

AtseBekafa

7–10

0

1

11–14

0

4

15–18

0

0

TsadikuYohanis

7–10

5

4

11–14

1

5

15–18

0

0

Meseret

7–10

1

0

11–14

7

0

15–18

3

0

Chechela

7–10

0

0

11–14

2

2

15–18

0

1

Total n (%)

30 (56.6)

23 (43.4)