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Enhanced Meningococcal Disease Surveillance report, 2019 : confirmed and probable cases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 2019
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September 30, 2021
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Description:As part of Enhanced Meningococcal Disease Surveillance (EMDS), additional data and isolates were collected from 50 state and 3 large jurisdiction health departments. In 2019, the population under surveillance was 328,239,523.
EMDS focuses on: (1) collecting isolates from all cases; and (2) collecting complete case information, with an emphasis on college attendance for cases in people aged 15–24 years; history of sex with men for cases in males aged ≥16 years; and information on homelessness 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.
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NCIRD-EMS-Report-2019.pdf
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