ArticleMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report2017
Rapid Laboratory Identification of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C as the Cause of an Outbreak - Liberia, 2017.
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- Public health management of invasive meningococcal disease outbreaks: worldwide 1973-2018, a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Global Case Fatality of Bacterial Meningitis During an 80-Year Period: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- The contribution of minimally invasive tissue sampling compared to antemortem-derived cause of death determination among inpatient child deaths: the minimally invasive tissue sampling in Malawi study.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Meningococcal disease within the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Review
- Investigating outbreaks of initially unknown aetiology in complex settings: findings and recommendations from 10 case studies.International health · 2023Review
- Mass gatherings: a review of the scope for meningococcal vaccination in the Indian context.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Review
- Incidence and Prevention of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Global Mass Gathering Events.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2019Review
- Future Directions for Meningitis Surveillance and Vaccine Evaluation in the Meningitis Belt of Sub-Saharan Africa.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Review
- MenAfriNet: A Network Supporting Case-Based Meningitis Surveillance and Vaccine Evaluation in the Meningitis Belt of Africa.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Development and Implementation of Multiplex TaqMan Array Cards for Specimen Testing at Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Site Laboratories.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
- Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance in the World Health Organization African Region Using the Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance Network, 2011-2016.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
- Rapid response to meningococcal disease cluster in Foya district, Lofa County, Liberia January to February 2018.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
On April 25, 2017, a cluster of unexplained illness and deaths among persons who had attended a funeral during April 21-22 was reported in Sinoe County, Liberia (1). Using a broad initial case definition, 31 cases were identified, including 13 (42%) deaths. Twenty-seven cases were from Sinoe County (1), and two cases each were from Grand Bassa and Monsterrado counties, respectively. On May 5, 2017, initial multipathogen testing of specimens from four fatal cases using the Taqman Array Card (TAC) assay identified Neisseria meningitidis in all specimens. Subsequent testing using direct real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed N. meningitidis in 14 (58%) of 24 patients with available specimens and identified N. meningitidis serogroup C (NmC) in 13 (54%) patients. N. meningitidis was detected in specimens from 11 of the 13 patients who died; no specimens were available from the other two fatal cases. On May 16, 2017, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia and the Ministry of Health of Liberia issued a press release confirming serogroup C meningococcal disease as the cause of this outbreak in Liberia.
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