Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
M Jahangir
Hossain
;
Anna
Roca
;
Grant A
Mackenzie
;
Momodou
Jasseh
;
Mohammad Ilias
Hossain
;
Shah
Muhammad
;
Manjang
Ahmed
;
Osuorah Donatus
Chidiebere
;
Ndiaye
Malick
;
SM
Bilquees
;
+8 more...
Usman N
Ikumapayi
;
Baba
Jeng
;
Baba
Njie
;
Mamady
Cham
;
Beate
Kampmann
;
Tumani
Corrah
;
Stephen
Howie
;
Umberto
D'Alessandro
;
(2013)
Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
Emerging infectious diseases, 19 (9).
pp. 1507-1510.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130077
;
Anna
Roca
;
Grant A
Mackenzie
;
Momodou
Jasseh
;
Mohammad Ilias
Hossain
;
Shah
Muhammad
;
Manjang
Ahmed
;
Osuorah Donatus
Chidiebere
;
Ndiaye
Malick
;
SM
Bilquees
;
+8 more...
Usman N
Ikumapayi
;
Baba
Jeng
;
Baba
Njie
;
Mamady
Cham
;
Beate
Kampmann
;
Tumani
Corrah
;
Stephen
Howie
;
Umberto
D'Alessandro
;
(2013)
Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
Emerging infectious diseases, 19 (9).
pp. 1507-1510.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130077
In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, and multiserogroup conjugate vaccine could reduce meningococcal epidemics in The Gambia.
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