Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Humans Meningitis, Meningococcal Meningococcal Infections Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria Meningitidis Pandemics SARS-COV-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(9):1931-1932
• Pubmed ID:
  35997471
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9423920
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1269ccfcfdb79cc99e89861b0addc9ed0a892aa00cb96f886a722171ad87dd7c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121054/cdc_121054_DS1.pdf
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