Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard workers in Marseille, France, January to February 2020

We report the third outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia within one year among workers in European shipyards. During January and February 2020, 37 cases of pneumonia were identified in a shipyard in Marseille, south-eastern France. Outbreak control measures were implemented, including a mass vaccinati...

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Autores principales: Cassir, Nadim, Pascal, Laurence, Ferrieux, David, Bruel, Christiane, Guervilly, Christophe, Rebaudet, Stanislas, Danis, Kostas, Kopec, Lora, Fenollar, Florence, Varon, Emmanuelle, Vig, Véronique, Lasalle, Jean-Luc, Ramalli, Lauriane, Michelet, Pierre, Lagier, Jean-Christophe, Persico, Nicolas, Brouqui, Philippe, Malfait, Philippe, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7096773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32209166
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000162
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Sumario:We report the third outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia within one year among workers in European shipyards. During January and February 2020, 37 cases of pneumonia were identified in a shipyard in Marseille, south-eastern France. Outbreak control measures were implemented, including a mass vaccination campaign with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine targeting all shipyard workers. Given the high mobility of shipyard workers, coordinated responses between European public health institutes are necessary to avoid further outbreaks.

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