Table 3.
Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis among 7479 individuals, 1–29 year old, in 4 kebeles in Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia
| 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 |
aKebele: Genta Mechie (A), Zigiti Mechie (B), Gatse (C) and Kolla Shelle (D)