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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Coldiron, Matthew E. ; Touré, Oumar ; Frank, Thierry ; Bouygues, Nathalie ; Grais, Rebecca F.
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Description:
We report a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Central African Republic (251 suspected cases; 60 confirmed by latex agglutination test) in 2016-2017. Case-fatality rates (10% for confirmed case-patients) were low. In areas where a recent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine campaign was conducted, a smaller proportion of cases was seen in youngest children.
Subject:
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Bacteria
Dispatch
Meningitis
Meningitis/encephalitis
Outbreak
Outbreak Of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017
Pneumococcal Meningitis
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 24(9):1720-1722.
Pubmed ID:
30124413
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC6106441
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Central African Republic
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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