Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts

After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occ...

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Autores principales: Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Barkham, Timothy M.S., Ravindran, Sindhu, Earnest, Arul, Paton, Nicholas I.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131
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author Wilder-Smith, Annelies
Barkham, Timothy M.S.
Ravindran, Sindhu
Earnest, Arul
Paton, Nicholas I.
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Barkham, Timothy M.S.
Ravindran, Sindhu
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description After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occurred within a few weeks, but no late transmission took place. Public health interventions are needed to protect household contacts.
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spelling pubmed-28737372010-05-24 Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts Wilder-Smith, Annelies Barkham, Timothy M.S. Ravindran, Sindhu Earnest, Arul Paton, Nicholas I. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch After an outbreak of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis W135, associated with the Hajj pilgrimage in 2001, 15% of returning vaccinated pilgrims carried a single W135 clone, and 55% were still carriers 6 months later. Transmission to 8% of their unvaccinated household contacts occurred within a few weeks, but no late transmission took place. Public health interventions are needed to protect household contacts. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2873737/ /pubmed/12533295 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Wilder-Smith, Annelies
Barkham, Timothy M.S.
Ravindran, Sindhu
Earnest, Arul
Paton, Nicholas I.
Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title_full Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title_fullStr Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title_full_unstemmed Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title_short Persistence of W135 Neisseria meningitidis Carriage in Returning Hajj Pilgrims: Risk for Early and Late Transmission to Household Contacts
title_sort persistence of w135 neisseria meningitidis carriage in returning hajj pilgrims: risk for early and late transmission to household contacts
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2873737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12533295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0901.020131
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