Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Outbreak and Carriage Evaluation at a College - Rhode Island, 2015

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Soeters, Heidi M. ; McNamara, Lucy A. ; Whaley, Melissa ; Wang, Xin ; Alexander-Scott, Nicole ; Kanadanian, Koren V. ; Kelleher, Catherine M. ; MacNeil, Jessica ; Martin, Stacey W. ; Raines, Nathan ; Sears, Steven ; Vanner, Cynthia ; Vuong, Jeni ; Bandy, Utpala ; Sicard, Kenneth ; Patel, Manisha
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• Description:
  On February 2, 2015, the Rhode Island Department of Health was notified of a case of meningococcal disease in a male undergraduate student at Providence College. Three days later, a second case was reported in a male undergraduate with no contact with the first student, indicating an attack rate of 44 cases per 100,000 students, nearly 500 times higher than the national incidence of 0.15 cases per 100,000 among persons aged 17-22 years (Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, unpublished data, 2013). Both cases were caused by a rare outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (ST-9069); neither case was fatal. In response to the outbreak, potential contacts received antibiotic chemoprophylaxis, and a mass vaccination campaign with a recently licensed serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine was implemented. In collaboration with CDC, the first phase of a meningococcal carriage evaluation was undertaken.
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carrier State
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Mass Vaccination
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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2015; 64(22):606-607.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  26068563
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584922
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Rhode Island
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  22
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56821/cdc_56821_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 100.88 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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