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Editor, Senior Moderator
Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 12, 24 March 2016
Rapid communication
Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease of serogroup C / clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016
P Stefanelli [SUP]1[/SUP] , A Miglietta [SUP]2[/SUP] , P Pezzotti [SUP]1[/SUP] , C Fazio [SUP]1[/SUP] , A Neri [SUP]1[/SUP] , P Vacca [SUP]1[/SUP] , F Voller [SUP]3[/SUP] , FP D’Ancona [SUP]4[/SUP] [SUP]5[/SUP] , R Guerra [SUP]5[/SUP] , S Iannazzo [SUP]5[/SUP] , MG Pompa [SUP]5[/SUP] , G Rezza [SUP]1[/SUP]
+ Author affiliations
1. Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Rome, Italy
2. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy
3. Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
4. National Center for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Rome, Italy
5. Ministry of Health, Directorate-General of health prevention, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Paola Stefanelli (paola.stefanelli@iss.it)
Citation style for this article: Stefanelli P, Miglietta A, Pezzotti P, Fazio C, Neri A, Vacca P, Voller F, D’Ancona FP, Guerra R, Iannazzo S, Pompa MG, Rezza G. Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease of serogroup C / clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(12)
ii=30176. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30176
Received:09 March 2016; Accepted:24 March 2016
We report an increase of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis invasive meningococcal disease in Tuscany. From January 2015 to end February 2016, 43 cases were reported, among which 10 were fatal, compared to two cases caused by serogroup C recorded in 2014 and three in 2013. No secondary cases occurred. Thirty–five strains belonged to C1.5–1,10–8:F3–6:ST-11(cc11). Control measures have been adopted and immunisation campaigns implemented. Studies on risk factors and carriage are ongoing.
full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=21423
Rapid communication
Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease of serogroup C / clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016
P Stefanelli [SUP]1[/SUP] , A Miglietta [SUP]2[/SUP] , P Pezzotti [SUP]1[/SUP] , C Fazio [SUP]1[/SUP] , A Neri [SUP]1[/SUP] , P Vacca [SUP]1[/SUP] , F Voller [SUP]3[/SUP] , FP D’Ancona [SUP]4[/SUP] [SUP]5[/SUP] , R Guerra [SUP]5[/SUP] , S Iannazzo [SUP]5[/SUP] , MG Pompa [SUP]5[/SUP] , G Rezza [SUP]1[/SUP]
+ Author affiliations
1. Department of Infectious, Parasitic & Immuno-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Rome, Italy
2. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Central Tuscany Health Authority, Florence, Italy
3. Health Agency of Tuscany, Florence, Italy
4. National Center for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - Istituto Superiore di Sanit?, Rome, Italy
5. Ministry of Health, Directorate-General of health prevention, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Paola Stefanelli (paola.stefanelli@iss.it)
Citation style for this article: Stefanelli P, Miglietta A, Pezzotti P, Fazio C, Neri A, Vacca P, Voller F, D’Ancona FP, Guerra R, Iannazzo S, Pompa MG, Rezza G. Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease of serogroup C / clonal complex 11, Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(12)
ii=30176. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.12.30176Received:09 March 2016; Accepted:24 March 2016
We report an increase of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis invasive meningococcal disease in Tuscany. From January 2015 to end February 2016, 43 cases were reported, among which 10 were fatal, compared to two cases caused by serogroup C recorded in 2014 and three in 2013. No secondary cases occurred. Thirty–five strains belonged to C
1.5–1,10–8:F3–6:ST-11(cc11). Control measures have been adopted and immunisation campaigns implemented. Studies on risk factors and carriage are ongoing.full article
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=21423