Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
J M Mayoral Cort?s (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, E Torres Butr?n<SUP>2</SUP>, M Garc?a Fern?ndez<SUP>3</SUP>, Z Herrador Ortiz<SUP>4</SUP>, S Huarte Osakar<SUP>3</SUP>, R Santos Luque<SUP>3</SUP>, E P?rez Morilla<SUP>1</SUP>, J Guill?n Enriquez<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Mayoral Cort?s JM, Torres Butr?n E, Garc?a Fern?ndez M, Herrador Ortiz Z, Huarte Osakar S, Santos Luque R, P?rez Morilla E, Guill?n Enriquez J. Community cluster of meningococcal disease by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in Andalusia, Spain, March to May 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(36)
ii=20261. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20261
Date of submission: 25 November 2011 <HR>Between March and May of 2011, a cluster of three fatal cases of meningococcal sepsis occurred in Andalusia, Spain, in a municipality with a population of around 20,000 inhabitants. The cases were in their mid-teens to early thirties and were notified to the epidemiological surveillance system of Andalusia (Sistema de Vigilancia Epidemiol?gica de Andaluc?a, SVEA) during a 68-day period from March through May 2011. All three were infected with the same strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C genosubtype VR1:5-1;VR2:10-8. None of the cases had been previously vaccinated against N. meningitidis serogroup C. Antibiotic post-exposure chemoprophylaxis was administered to close contacts of every diagnosed case. Once the cluster was confirmed, the local population was informed through the media about the control measures taken by the health authorities. The vaccination history against N. meningitidis serogroup C of the population under 25 years-old in the municipality was checked. Vaccination was offered to unimmunised individuals younger than 25 years of age and an additional dose of vaccine was offered to those who had been vaccinated between 2000 and 2006 with a vaccination schedule of three doses before the first year of age. No further cases occurred since the beginning of these actions.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 36, 06 September 2012
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Community cluster of meningococcal disease by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in Andalusia, Spain, March to May 2011
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Community cluster of meningococcal disease by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in Andalusia, Spain, March to May 2011
J M Mayoral Cort?s (
- Regional Ministry of Health of the Government of Andalusia, Seville, Spain
- Andalusian Health Service, Seville, Spain
- Provincial Health Office, Regional Ministry of Health, Seville, Spain
- Programa de Epidemiolog?a Aplicada de campo (PEAC). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
Citation style for this article: Mayoral Cort?s JM, Torres Butr?n E, Garc?a Fern?ndez M, Herrador Ortiz Z, Huarte Osakar S, Santos Luque R, P?rez Morilla E, Guill?n Enriquez J. Community cluster of meningococcal disease by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C in Andalusia, Spain, March to May 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(36)
ii=20261. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20261 Date of submission: 25 November 2011 <HR>Between March and May of 2011, a cluster of three fatal cases of meningococcal sepsis occurred in Andalusia, Spain, in a municipality with a population of around 20,000 inhabitants. The cases were in their mid-teens to early thirties and were notified to the epidemiological surveillance system of Andalusia (Sistema de Vigilancia Epidemiol?gica de Andaluc?a, SVEA) during a 68-day period from March through May 2011. All three were infected with the same strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C genosubtype VR1:5-1;VR2:10-8. None of the cases had been previously vaccinated against N. meningitidis serogroup C. Antibiotic post-exposure chemoprophylaxis was administered to close contacts of every diagnosed case. Once the cluster was confirmed, the local population was informed through the media about the control measures taken by the health authorities. The vaccination history against N. meningitidis serogroup C of the population under 25 years-old in the municipality was checked. Vaccination was offered to unimmunised individuals younger than 25 years of age and an additional dose of vaccine was offered to those who had been vaccinated between 2000 and 2006 with a vaccination schedule of three doses before the first year of age. No further cases occurred since the beginning of these actions.