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Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012
In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, an...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130077 |
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| author | Hossain, M. Jahangir Roca, Anna Mackenzie, Grant A. Jasseh, Momodou Hossain, Mohammad Ilias Muhammad, Shah Ahmed, Manjang Chidiebere, Osuorah Donatus Malick, Ndiaye Bilquees, S.M. Ikumapayi, Usman N. Jeng, Baba Njie, Baba Cham, Mamady Kampmann, Beate Corrah, Tumani Howie, Stephen D’Alessandro, Umberto |
| author_facet | Hossain, M. Jahangir Roca, Anna Mackenzie, Grant A. Jasseh, Momodou Hossain, Mohammad Ilias Muhammad, Shah Ahmed, Manjang Chidiebere, Osuorah Donatus Malick, Ndiaye Bilquees, S.M. Ikumapayi, Usman N. Jeng, Baba Njie, Baba Cham, Mamady Kampmann, Beate Corrah, Tumani Howie, Stephen D’Alessandro, Umberto |
| author_sort | Hossain, M. Jahangir |
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| description | In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, and multiserogroup conjugate vaccine could reduce meningococcal epidemics in The Gambia. |
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| publishDate | 2013 |
| publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| spelling | pubmed-38109142013-11-05 Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 Hossain, M. Jahangir Roca, Anna Mackenzie, Grant A. Jasseh, Momodou Hossain, Mohammad Ilias Muhammad, Shah Ahmed, Manjang Chidiebere, Osuorah Donatus Malick, Ndiaye Bilquees, S.M. Ikumapayi, Usman N. Jeng, Baba Njie, Baba Cham, Mamady Kampmann, Beate Corrah, Tumani Howie, Stephen D’Alessandro, Umberto Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, and multiserogroup conjugate vaccine could reduce meningococcal epidemics in The Gambia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3810914/ /pubmed/23965435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130077 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 Hossain, M. Jahangir Roca, Anna Mackenzie, Grant A. Jasseh, Momodou Hossain, Mohammad Ilias Muhammad, Shah Ahmed, Manjang Chidiebere, Osuorah Donatus Malick, Ndiaye Bilquees, S.M. Ikumapayi, Usman N. Jeng, Baba Njie, Baba Cham, Mamady Kampmann, Beate Corrah, Tumani Howie, Stephen D’Alessandro, Umberto Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title | Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title_full | Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title_fullStr | Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title_short | Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 |
| title_sort | serogroup w135 meningococcal disease, the gambia, 2012 |
| topic | Dispatch |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810914/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130077 |
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