ArticleBMC public health2004
Geographic correlation between deprivation and risk of meningococcal disease: an ecological study.
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- Geographical distribution of invasive meningococcal disease and carriage: A spatial analysis.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Article
- Risk factors for invasive meningococcal disease: a retrospective analysis of the French national public health insurance database.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
- Infection control for third-party benefit: lessons from criminal justice.Monash bioethics review · 2020Article
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- Inequalities in the incidence of infectious disease in the North East of England: a population-based study.Epidemiology and infection · 2015Article
- The changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Quebec, Canada, 1991-2011: potential implications of emergence of new strains.PloS one · 2012Article
- Meningococcal disease in children in Merseyside, England: a 31 year descriptive study.PloS one · 2011Article
- Estimating Individual-Level Risk in Spatial Epidemiology Using Spatially Aggregated Information on the Population at Risk.Journal of the American Statistical Association · 2010Article
- EpiScanGIS: an online geographic surveillance system for meningococcal disease.International journal of health geographics · 2008Article
- Invasive meningococcal disease in children in Jerusalem.Epidemiology and infection · 2008Article
- Intervening to reduce inequalities in infections in Europe.American journal of public health · 2008Article
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Abstract
backgroundMeningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a serious infection which is most common in young children and adolescents. This study investigated the relationships between the incidence and age distribution of meningococcal disease, and socioeconomic environment.
methodsAn ecological design was used, including mapping using a Geographical Information System (GIS) at census ward level.
resultsIncidence of meningococcal disease was highest in the most deprived wards, with a relative risk of 1.97 (1.55 - 2.51). Mapping revealed geographical coincidence of deprivation and meningococcal disease, particularly in urban areas. Two-thirds of the increased incidence was due to cases in the under fives.
conclusionsThe results suggest that area deprivation is a risk factor for meningococcal disease, and that its effects are seen most in young children.
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