Emergence of Endemic Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease Associated with a High Mortality Rate in South Africa

Author

VON GOTTBERG, Anne^{1 2} ; DU PLESSIS, Mignon^{1 2} ; COHEN, Cheryl^{3 4} ; PRENTICE, Elizabeth¹ ; SCHRAG, Stephanie⁵ ; DE GOUVEIA, Linda¹ ; COULSON, Garry^{1 2} ; DE JONG, Gillian^{2 3} ; KLUGMAN, Keith^{1 6 7}
[1] Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
[2] Schools of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
[3] Epidemiology and Surveillance Units, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
[4] Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
[5] National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
[6] Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, United States
[7] Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Group for Enteric, Respiratory and Meningeal Disease Surveillance in South Africa, South Africa

Source

Clinical infectious diseases. 2008, Vol 46, Num 3, pp 377-386, 10 p ; ref : 46 ref

CODEN

CIDIEL

ISSN

1058-4838

Scientific domain

Hygiene and public health, epidemiology, occupational medicine; Microbiology, infectious diseases; Tropical medicine; Virology

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Publication country

United States

Document type

Article

Language

English

Keyword (fr)

Epidémiologie Mortalité Méningococcie Pronostic Sérogroupe Afrique du Sud Bactériose Infection Afrique

Keyword (en)

Epidemiology Mortality Meningococcal disease Prognosis Serogroup South Africa Bacteriosis Infection Africa

Keyword (es)

Epidemiología Mortalidad Meningococia Pronóstico Serogrupo Sudáfrica Bacteriosis Infección Africa

Classification

Pascal

002 Biological and medical sciences / 002B Medical sciences / 002B05 Infectious diseases / 002B05B Bacterial diseases / 002B05B02 Human bacterial diseases / 002B05B02I Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis

Discipline

Infectious pathology

Origin

Inist-CNRS

Database

PASCAL

INIST identifier

20041057

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