Table 4 Serogroup distribution of N. meningitidis isolates by age and sex among primary school children in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, January to April 2019
Age | Serogroups (N = 53) | Total n (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A(n = 13) | B(n = 4) | C(n = 8) | Y/W135 = 11 | X(n = 5) | NG(n = 12) | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
7–10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 (24.5) |
11–14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 27 (50.9) |
15–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 (24.5) |
Total (%) | 8 (15.1) | 5 (9.4) | 3 (5.7) | 1 (1.9) | 5 (9.4) | 3 (5.7 | 5 (9.4 | 6 (11.3) | 2 (3.8) | 3 (5.7) | 7 (13.2) | 5 (9.4) | 53 (100) |