Increased Case‐Fatality Rate Associated with Outbreaks ofNeisseria meningitidisInfection, Compared with Sporadic Meningococcal Disease, in the United States, 1994–2002 | Zendy

Richard Brooks | Zendy; Christopher W. Woods | Zendy; Daniel K. Benjamin | Zendy; Nancy E. Rosenstein | Zendy

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Increased Case‐Fatality Rate Associated with Outbreaks ofNeisseria meningitidisInfection, Compared with Sporadic Meningococcal Disease, in the United States, 1994–2002

Author(s) -

Richard Brooks,

Christopher W. Woods,

Daniel K. Benjamin,

Nancy E. Rosenstein

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/504804

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , neisseria meningitidis , meningococcal disease , case fatality rate , public health , attack rate , population , disease , odds ratio , environmental health , virology , demography , biology , pathology , genetics , bacteria , sociology

Outbreaks of meningococcal disease are infrequent but important public health events. We characterize outbreak-associated cases in the United States and compare them with sporadic disease.

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