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Surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in Queensland, 2002
Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2003 During 2002, 124 cases of invasive meningococcal disease were notified in Queensland. This was similar to the previous year (n=128). Four (3.2%) of the cases died. Trends by age and serogroup were generally similar to previous years and were consistent with the overall patterns of this disease in Australia. However, an apparent increase in serogroup C,
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Preventing Meningococcal Disease in US Adolescents and Young Adults Through Vaccination
Infectious Diseases and TherapyIn 2022, experts convened under the name Advancing Strategies to Prevent Meningococcal Disease (ARTEMIS) to gather insights on issues related to invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and meningococcal vaccination in the US. Discussions regarding successes,
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Invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]
Pediatrie pro praxi, 2017 Jan Pavelka, Lukáš Homola
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Space-Time Cluster Analysis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 Clusters are recognized when meningococcal cases of the same phenotypic strain (markers: serogroup, serotype, and subtype) occur in spatial and temporal proximity. The incidence of such clusters was compared to the incidence that would be expected by chance by using space-time nearest-neighbor analysis of 4,887 confirmed invasive meningococcal cases ...
Hoebe, C.J.P.A. +4 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease on the Workplaces: a systematic review.
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2017 Background and aims of the work: Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) represents a global health threat, and occupational settings have the potential to contribute to its spreading. Therefore, here we present the available evidences on the epidemiology of IMD on the workplaces.The following key words were used to explore PubMed: Neisseria meningitidis,
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) caused by Neisseria meningitidis is characterized by high mortality and morbidity. While IMD incidence peaks in both infants and adolescents/young adults, carriage rates are often highest in the latter age groups ...
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Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2008 Sanford R KimmelUniversity of Toledo College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Toledo, OH, USAAbstract: Invasive meningococcal disease occurs worldwide causing an estimated 50,000–135,000 deaths each year in addition to significant ...
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Surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic
Eurosurveillance, 2004 Routine notification of invasive meningococcal disease has a long tradition in the Czech Republic: mortality data are available from 1921 and morbidity data from 1943. The collection of Neisseria meningitidis strains kept in the NRL for Meningococcal Infections in Prague dates from 1970 onwards, and represents more than 3500 strains isolated from ...
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UK guidelines and testing for invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2021 Stephen A, Clark +4 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease. Cuba, 1983- 2006
VacciMonitor, 2010 Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is a worldwide health problem. In Cuba, vaccination against meningococcal B-C has been carried out since 1989. The study aimed at describing the epidemiology of IMD in Cuba from 1983 to 2006 and at contributing to the
Antonio E. Pérez +2 more
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