Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016-2017

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...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2018-09, Vol.24 (9), p.1720-1722
Hauptverfasser:	Coldiron, Matthew E, Touré, Oumar, Frank, Thierry, Bouygues, Nathalie, Grais, Rebecca F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult bacteria Bacterial meningitis Central African Republic Central African Republic - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Dispatch Distribution Epidemics Epidemiology Female Humans Incidence Infant Male meningitis Meningitis, Pneumococcal - epidemiology Meningitis, Pneumococcal - mortality Meningitis, Pneumococcal - prevention & control meningitis/encephalitis Middle Aged outbreak Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017 pneumococcal meningitis Pneumococcal Vaccines - administration & dosage Risk factors Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - immunology Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Vaccination Vaccines, Conjugate - administration & dosage Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2409.171058