Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil

Invasive meningococcal disease persists as a fulminant disorder worldwide. Although cases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X (MenX) occur infrequently, outbreaks have been reported in countries in Africa in recent decades. We report 2 cases of MenX invasive meningococcal disease in São Pau...

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Autores principales: Fukasawa, Lucila O., Liphaus, Bernadete L., Gonçalves, Maria Gisele, Higa, Fabio T., Camargo, Carlos H., Carvalhanas, Telma R.M.P., Lemos, Ana Paula S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35997471
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2809.220531
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Sumario:Invasive meningococcal disease persists as a fulminant disorder worldwide. Although cases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X (MenX) occur infrequently, outbreaks have been reported in countries in Africa in recent decades. We report 2 cases of MenX invasive meningococcal disease in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2021 and 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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