Estimating Meningitis Hospitalization Rates for Sentinel Hospitals Conducting Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Mathiu, Jason Mwenda ; Wijesinghe, Pushpa Ranjan ; Agócs, Mary ; Burton, Anthony ; Sale, James ; Van Beneden, Chris ; Taylor, Thomas ; Flannery, Brendan
• Description:
  The World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated Global Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) sentinel hospital surveillance network provides data for decision making regarding use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, both recommended for inclusion in routine childhood immunization programs worldwide. WHO recommends that countries conduct sentinel hospital surveillance for meningitis among children aged <5 years, including collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for laboratory detection of bacterial etiologies. Surveillance for pneumonia and sepsis are recommended at selected hospitals with well-functioning laboratories where meningitis surveillance consistently meets process indicators (e.g., surveillance performance indicators). To use sentinel hospital surveillance for meningitis to estimate meningitis hospitalization rates, WHO developed a rapid method to estimate the number of children at-risk for meningitis in a sentinel hospital catchment area. Monitoring changes in denominators over time using consistent methods is essential for interpreting changes in sentinel surveillance incidence data and for assessing the effect of vaccine introduction on disease epidemiology. This report describes the method and its use in The Gambia and Senegal.
• Subjects:
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Child, Preschool
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Meningitis, Bacterial
  • Sentinel Surveillance
  • Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(39):810-812.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24080594
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4585551
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Corporate as Subject:
  World Health Organization.
• Place as Subject:
  Gambia ; Senegal
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54736/cdc_54736_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 105.74 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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