D. Bruhl, Les infections invasives à méningocoques en France, en 2009 Bulletin d'épidémiologie hebdomadaire (B.E.H) de l'Institut de veille Sanitaire (InVS), p.31

D. Bruhl, J. Figueroa, and P. Densen, Les infections invasives à méningocoques en France en 2011 : principales caractéristiques épidémiologiques; Disponible sur: http://fulltext.bdsp.ehesp Infectious diseases associated with complement deficiencies, Clin Microbiol Rev, vol.4, issue.3, pp.359-95, 1991.

B. Mccall, A. Neill, and M. Young, Risk factors for invasive meningococcal disease in southern Queensland, 2000???2001, Internal Medicine Journal, vol.7, issue.8, pp.464-472, 2000.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00009

M. Fischer, K. Hedberg, P. Cardosi, B. Plikaytis, F. Hoesly et al., Tobacco smoke as a risk factor for meningococcal disease, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol.16, issue.10, pp.979-83, 1997.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-199710000-00015

P. Kriz, M. Bobak, and B. Kriz, Parental smoking, socioeconomic factors, and risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: a population based case-control study, Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol.83, issue.2, pp.117-138, 2000.
DOI : 10.1136/adc.83.2.117

R. Stanwell-smith, J. Stuart, A. Hughes, P. Robinson, M. Griffin et al., SUMMARY, Epidemiology and Infection, vol.2, issue.02, pp.315-343, 1994.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198304213081601

S. Deutch, R. Labouriau, H. Schønheyeder, L. Ostergaard, B. Nogard et al., Crowding as a risk factor of meningococcal disease in Danish preschool children: A nationwide population-based case-control study, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.127, issue.3, pp.20-23, 2004.
DOI : 10.1017/S0950268801005817

M. Baker, A. Mcnicholas, N. Garrett, N. Jones, J. Stewart et al., Household crowding a major risk factor for epidemic meningococcal disease in Auckland children, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol.19, issue.10, pp.983-90, 2000.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00009

A. Barret, A. Deghmane, A. Lepoutre, L. , C. Maine et al., Les infections invasives à méningocoques en France en 2012 : principales caractéristiques épidémiologiques. Bulletin d'épidémiologie hebdomadaire de l, 2014.

F. Tedesco, Inherited complement deficiencies and bacterial infections, Vaccine, vol.26, issue.8, pp.13-21, 2008.
DOI : 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.010

H. Nielsen, C. Koch, P. Magnussen, and I. Lind, Complement Deficiencies in Selected Groups of Patients with Meningococcal Disease, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.62, issue.4, pp.389-96, 1989.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198807073190106

M. Nagata, T. Hara, T. Aoki, Y. Mizuno, H. Akeda et al., Inherited deficiency of ninth component of complement: An increased risk of meningococcal meningitis, The Journal of Pediatrics, vol.114, issue.2, pp.260-264, 1989.
DOI : 10.1016/S0022-3476(89)80793-0

V. Bacchi, Neisseria meningitidis infection Clinical criteria orienting towards a deficiency in the proteins of the complement Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease and vaccine efficacy, Presse Med. Pediatr Infect Dis J, vol.34, issue.23, pp.425-455, 2004.

J. Caro, J. Mö-ller, and D. Getsios, Invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology and control measures: a framework for evaluation, BMC Public Health, vol.29, issue.2, p.130, 2007.
DOI : 10.1093/ije/29.1.180

/. Emc and /. Bac, World Health Organization Control of epidemic meningococcal disease. WHO practical guidelines Author's personal copy !, J Clin Immunol

L. Harrison, C. Trotter, and M. Ramsay, Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease, Vaccine, vol.27, issue.2, pp.51-63, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.063

D. Jones and R. Mallard, Age incidence of meningococcal infection England and Wales, 1984???1991, Journal of Infection, vol.27, issue.1, pp.83-91, 1984.
DOI : 10.1016/0163-4453(93)93978-D

B. Mccall, A. Neill, and M. Young, Risk factors for invasive meningococcal disease in southern Queensland, 2000???2001, Internal Medicine Journal, vol.7, issue.8, pp.464-472, 2000.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00009

M. Fischer, K. Hedberg, and P. Cardosi, Tobacco smoke as a risk factor for meningococcal disease, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol.16, issue.10, pp.979-83, 1997.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-199710000-00015

K. , P. Bobak, and M. , Parental smoking, socioeconomic factors, and risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: a population based case?control study, Arch Dis Child, vol.83, issue.2, pp.117-138, 2000.

R. Stanwell-smith, J. Stuart, A. Hughes, P. Robinson, M. Griffin et al., SUMMARY, Epidemiology and Infection, vol.2, issue.02, pp.315-343, 1994.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198304213081601

S. Deutch, R. Labouriau, and H. Schø-nheyeder, Crowding as a risk factor of meningococcal disease in Danish preschool children: A nationwide population-based case-control study, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.127, issue.3, pp.20-23, 2004.
DOI : 10.1017/S0950268801005817

M. Baker, A. Mcnicholas, and N. Garrett, Household crowding a major risk factor for epidemic meningococcal disease in Auckland children, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol.19, issue.10, pp.983-90, 2000.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00009

M. Sellami, R. Abdelmalek, and Y. , Complement protein hereditary deficits during purulent meningitis: study of 61 adult Tunisian patients, Arch Inst Pasteur Tunis, vol.83, pp.1-425, 2006.

P. Densen, COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCIES AND MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE, Clinical & Experimental Immunology, vol.11, issue.1, pp.57-62, 1991.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198704093161506

G. Bona and C. Guidi, Meningococcal vaccine evolution, Clinical Management Issues, vol.6, issue.2, pp.131-136, 2012.
DOI : 10.7175/cmi.v6i2.627

S. Ross and P. Densen, Complement Deficiency States and Infection, Medicine, vol.63, issue.5, pp.243-73, 1984.
DOI : 10.1097/00005792-198409000-00001

G. Overturf, Indications for the Immunological Evaluation of Patients with Meningitis, Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol.24, issue.2, pp.189-94, 2003.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM200012073432307

R. Ellison-3rd, P. Ohler, J. Curd, F. Judson, and L. Reller, Prevalence of Congenital or Acquired Complement Deficiency in Patients with Sporadic Meningococcal Disease, New England Journal of Medicine, vol.308, issue.16, pp.913-919, 1983.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198304213081601

M. Revest and C. Michelet, Predisposing factors of community acquired bacterial meningitis (excluding neonates), Med Mal Infect, vol.39, pp.7-8562, 2009.

L. Skattum, M. Van-deuren, T. Van-der-poll, and L. Truedsson, Complement deficiency states and associated infections, Molecular Immunology, vol.48, issue.14, pp.1643-55, 2011.
DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.05.001

C. Fij-en, E. Tj-ia, H. Daha, M. Dankert, and J. , Complement Deficiency Predisposes for Meningitis Due to Nongroupable Meningococci and Neisseria-Related Bacteria, Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol.18, issue.5, pp.780-784, 1994.
DOI : 10.1093/clinids/18.5.780

C. Fij-en, R. Van-den-bogaard, and M. Schipper, Properdin deficiency: molecular basis and disease association, Mol Immunol, vol.36, pp.13-14863, 1999.

H. Nielsen, C. Magnussen, P. Lind, and I. , Complement Deficiencies in Selected Groups of Patients with Meningococcal Disease, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol.62, issue.4, pp.389-96, 1989.
DOI : 10.1056/NEJM198807073190106

A. Sj-Ö-holm, G. Jö-nsson, J. Braconier, G. Sturfelt, and L. Truedsson, Complement deficiency and disease: An update, Molecular Immunology, vol.43, issue.1-2, pp.78-85, 2006.
DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.06.025

J. Figueroa and P. Densen, Infectious diseases associated with complement deficiencies., Clinical Microbiology Reviews, vol.4, issue.3, pp.359-95, 1991.
DOI : 10.1128/CMR.4.3.359

URL : http://cmr.asm.org/content/4/3/359.full.pdf

A. Platonov, I. Vershinina, H. Fij-en, C. Wü-rzner, R. et al., Antibody-Dependent Killing of Meningococci by Human Neutrophils in Serum of Late Complement Component-Deficient Patients, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, vol.130, issue.4, pp.314-335, 2003.
DOI : 10.1159/000070219

I. Parent-du-châ-telet, M. Taha, A. Lepoutre, A. Deghmane, C. Maine et al., Invasive meningococcal disease in France Weekly epidemiological bulletin (B.E.H) of French National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), French. Available, vol.at, pp.31-3231, 2009.

M. Noel, Invasive meningococcal disease in New Caledonia: epidemiology and comparison of strains B with existing vaccine strains. Diplomae of vaccinology, 2010.

F. Ministry, O. Health, and . Sports, National recommendations and policy regarding prophylaxis of invasive meningococcal diseases (DGS/5C Paris: 2006. French. Available at: http://www. infectiologie.com/site/medias, 2006.

M. Botto, M. Macor, P. Pickering, M. Wü-rzner, R. Tdesco et al., Complement in human diseases: Lessons from complement deficiencies, Molecular Immunology, vol.46, issue.14, pp.2774-83, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.04.029

M. Nagata, T. Hara, and T. Aoki, Inherited deficiency of ninth component of complement: An increased risk of meningococcal meningitis, The Journal of Pediatrics, vol.114, issue.2, pp.260-264, 1989.
DOI : 10.1016/S0022-3476(89)80793-0

M. Rameix-welti, H. Chedani, J. Blouin, J. Alonso, W. Fridman et al., Infection par Neisseria meningitidis, La Presse M??dicale, vol.34, issue.6, pp.425-455, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/S0755-4982(05)83936-3

E. Mayatepek, M. Grauer, G. Hä-nsch, and H. Sonntag, Deafness, complement deficiencies and immunoglobulin status in patients with meningococcal diseases due to uncommon serogroups, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol.12, issue.10, pp.808-819, 1993.
DOI : 10.1097/00006454-199310000-00002

F. Tedesco, Inherited complement deficiencies and bacterial infections, Vaccine, vol.26, issue.8, pp.13-21, 2008.
DOI : 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.11.010

C. Fij-en, E. Drogari-apiranthitou, M. Van-leeuwen, Y. Daha, M. Dankert et al., Protection against meningococcal serogroup ACYW disease in complement-deficient individuals vaccinated with the tetravalent meningococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, vol.170, issue.3, pp.362-371, 1998.
DOI : 10.1093/infdis/170.2.449

M. Rameix-welti, C. Régnier, F. Bienaimé, J. Blouin, J. Schifferli et al., Hereditary complement C7 deficiency in nine families: Subtotal C7 deficiency revisited, European Journal of Immunology, vol.110, issue.5, pp.1377-85, 2007.
DOI : 10.1097/00005792-199311000-00002

K. Hø-gå-sen, T. Michaelsen, O. Mellbye, and G. Bj-une, Low Prevalence of Complement Deficiencies among Patients with Meningococcal Disease in Norway, Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, vol.96, issue.4, pp.487-496, 1993.
DOI : 10.1016/0140-6736(91)91961-S

T. Ernst, P. Spä-th, C. Aebi, U. Schaad, and M. Bianchetti, Screening for complement deficiency in bacterial meningitis, Acta Paediatrica, vol.68, issue.9, pp.1009-1019, 1997.
DOI : 10.1016/S0091-6749(95)70160-5

C. Fij-en, K. Uij-per, E. Te-bulte, M. Daha, M. Dankert et al., Assessment of Complement Deficiency in Patients with Meningococcal Disease in the Netherlands, Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol.28, issue.1, pp.98-105, 1999.
DOI : 10.1086/515075