Enhanced Meningococcal Disease Surveillance report, 2018 : confirmed and probable cases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Office of Infectious Diseases.
• Description:
  As part of Enhanced MeningococcalDisease Surveillance (EMDS)**, additional data and isolates were collected from 45 state and 3 large jurisdiction health departments. In 2018, the population under surveillance was 320,863,137 or 98 % of the U.S. population. EMDS focuses on: (1) collecting isolates from all cases; and (2) collecting complete case information, with an emphasis on college attendance for cases 15-24 years; history of sex with men for male cases ≥16 years; and HIV infection status for all cases. ; CSTE case definition: A confirmed case was defined as isolation of Neisseria meningitidis or detection of N. meningitidis by PCR from a normally sterile body site. ; A probable case was defined as detection of N. meningitidis antigen by latex agglutination or immunohistochemistry. ; CS283195 ; Publication date from document properties. ; NCIRD-EMS-Report-2018.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Meningococcal Infections
  • Meningococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Public Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Corporate as Subject:
  National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/111348/cdc_111348_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 506.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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