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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Personal Author:
Soeters, Heidi M. ; McNamara, Lucy A. ; Whaley, Melissa ; Wang, Xin ; Alexander-Scott, Nicole ; ... More +
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 Less -
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aged 17-22 years (Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, unpublished data, 2013).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.
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Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents Articles Carrier State Ciprofloxacin Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Incidence Male Mass Vaccination Meningococcal Infections Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria Meningitidis, Serogroup B Universities Young Adult
Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015; 64(22):606-607.
Pubmed ID:
26068563
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4584922
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Rhode Island
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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urn:sha256:3ecb6b0ea4170e0c86bae440e18702e6a5f4407c401143bb8b3481a855fdc440
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56821/cdc_56821_DS1.pdf
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