Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 28, 11 July 2013
Rapid communications
A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men in Berlin, October 2012 to May 2013
U Marcus <SUP>1</SUP>, U Vogel<SUP>2</SUP>, A Schubert<SUP>3</SUP>, H Claus<SUP>2</SUP>, J Baetzing-Feigenbaum<SUP>3</SUP>, W Hellenbrand<SUP>1</SUP>, O Wichmann<SUP>1</SUP>
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Citation style for this article: Marcus U, Vogel U, Schubert A, Claus H, Baetzing-Feigenbaum J, Hellenbrand W, Wichmann O. A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men in Berlin, October 2012 to May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(28)
ii=20523. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20523
Date of submission: 08 July 2013
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Between October 2012 and May 2013, five cases of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Berlin were notified to local health authorities in Germany. Three of the five cases died. All were caused by serogroup C variants with the finetype P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6. Awareness was increased through the use of community networks; an extension of the existing vaccination recommendation to all MSM is currently being considered.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 28, 11 July 2013
Rapid communications
A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men in Berlin, October 2012 to May 2013
U Marcus <SUP>1</SUP>, U Vogel<SUP>2</SUP>, A Schubert<SUP>3</SUP>, H Claus<SUP>2</SUP>, J Baetzing-Feigenbaum<SUP>3</SUP>, W Hellenbrand<SUP>1</SUP>, O Wichmann<SUP>1</SUP>
- Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
- University of W?rzburg, Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology and National Reference Laboratory for Meningococci, W?rzburg, Germany
- Infectious Disease Protection and Epidemiology Unit, State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo), Federal State of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Citation style for this article: Marcus U, Vogel U, Schubert A, Claus H, Baetzing-Feigenbaum J, Hellenbrand W, Wichmann O. A cluster of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men in Berlin, October 2012 to May 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(28)
ii=20523. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20523 Date of submission: 08 July 2013
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Between October 2012 and May 2013, five cases of invasive meningococcal disease in young men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Berlin were notified to local health authorities in Germany. Three of the five cases died. All were caused by serogroup C variants with the finetype P1.5-1,10-8:F3-6. Awareness was increased through the use of community networks; an extension of the existing vaccination recommendation to all MSM is currently being considered.
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