[Meningococcal meningitis: a case of serogroup W in an underage migrant]
| Autor: | Sabrina Di Lorenzo, Anna Maria Cassano, Silvia Aquilani, Marta Testa, Silvia Dari |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Meningitis Meningococcal Serogroup W Migrants Child Medicine (miscellaneous) medicine.disease_cause Meningococcal disease Mass gathering medicine lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Neisseria meningitidis Incidence (epidemiology) Outbreak medicine.disease Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Infectivology African meningitis belt lcsh:Medicine (General) business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Management Issues; Vol 11, No 1 (2017) Clinical Management Issues, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1973-4832 2283-3137 |
| Popis: | Meningococcal disease is a worldwide infection associated with different forms and degrees of severity. In Europe and Italy, the most frequent capsular serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis are B and C. The incidence of the disease is higher in 0-4-year-old children and very significant (or elevated) also in adolescents and young adults. Numerous cases of serogroup W have recently been reported during episodes of mass gathering, as well as outbreaks in the African Meningitis Belt.In 2016, also the Local Health Unit of Viterbo had to deal with a case of serogroup W meningitis in a two-year-old Nigerian migrant child, hosted in a hospitality center. Health surveillance procedures and chemoprophylaxis for contacts were quickly activated and no secondary cases were found. This experience allowed us to make considerations about the meningococcal disease from a clinical, epidemiological, and preventive point of view, emphasizing the usefulness of the current Italian surveillance System. |
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