Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017

We report a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Central African Republic (251 suspected cases; 60 confirmed by latex agglutination test) in 2016–2017. Case-fatality rates (10% for confirmed case-patients) were low. In areas where a recent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine campaign was conducted, a...

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Autores principales: Coldiron, Matthew E., Touré, Oumar, Frank, Thierry, Bouygues, Nathalie, Grais, Rebecca F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30124413
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171058
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Sumario:We report a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Central African Republic (251 suspected cases; 60 confirmed by latex agglutination test) in 2016–2017. Case-fatality rates (10% for confirmed case-patients) were low. In areas where a recent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine campaign was conducted, a smaller proportion of cases was seen in youngest children.

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