Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
M Jahangir Hossain;
Anna Roca 
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Grant A Mackenzie ;
Momodou Jasseh;
Mohammad Ilias Hossain;
Shah Muhammad;
Manjang Ahmed;
Osuorah Donatus Chidiebere;
Ndiaye Malick;
SM Bilquees;
+8 more...
Usman N Ikumapayi;
Baba Jeng;
Baba Njie;
Mamady Cham;
Beate Kampmann ;
Tumani Corrah;
Stephen Howie;
Umberto D'Alessandro ;
(2013)
Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
Emerging infectious diseases, 19 (9).
pp. 1507-1510.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130077
;
Grant A Mackenzie ;
Momodou Jasseh;
Mohammad Ilias Hossain;
Shah Muhammad;
Manjang Ahmed;
Osuorah Donatus Chidiebere;
Ndiaye Malick;
SM Bilquees;
+8 more...
Usman N Ikumapayi;
Baba Jeng;
Baba Njie;
Mamady Cham;
Beate Kampmann ;
Tumani Corrah;
Stephen Howie;
Umberto D'Alessandro ;
(2013)
Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease, The Gambia, 2012.
Emerging infectious diseases, 19 (9).
pp. 1507-1510.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.130077
In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, and multiserogroup conjugate vaccine could reduce meningococcal epidemics in The Gambia.
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