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
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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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author Fukasawa, Lucila O.
Liphaus, Bernadete L.
Gonçalves, Maria Gisele
Higa, Fabio T.
Camargo, Carlos H.
Carvalhanas, Telma R.M.P.
Lemos, Ana Paula S.
author_facet Fukasawa, Lucila O.
Liphaus, Bernadete L.
Gonçalves, Maria Gisele
Higa, Fabio T.
Camargo, Carlos H.
Carvalhanas, Telma R.M.P.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-94239202022-09-07 Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil Fukasawa, Lucila O. Liphaus, Bernadete L. Gonçalves, Maria Gisele Higa, Fabio T. Camargo, Carlos H. Carvalhanas, Telma R.M.P. Lemos, Ana Paula S. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9423920/ /pubmed/35997471 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2809.220531 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases 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.
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Liphaus, Bernadete L.
Gonçalves, Maria Gisele
Higa, Fabio T.
Camargo, Carlos H.
Carvalhanas, Telma R.M.P.
Lemos, Ana Paula S.
Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil
title Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil
title_full Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil
title_fullStr Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil
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title_short Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil
title_sort invasive meningococcal x disease during the covid-19 pandemic, brazil
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url 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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