Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000–2008
Author(s) -
Christine Harris,
Henry M. Wu,
Jianmin Li,
H. Irene Hall,
Adria Lee,
Elizabeth R. Zell,
Lee H. Harrison,
Susan Petit,
Monica M. Farley,
Ruth Lynfield,
Lisa A. Miller,
Megin Nichols,
Arthur Reingold,
William Schaffner,
Ann Thomas,
Jessica R. MacNeil,
Thomas A. Clark,
Amanda Cohn
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw226
Subject(s) - medicine , meningococcal disease , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , population , disease , neisseria meningitidis , pediatrics , confidence interval , immunology , epidemiology , environmental health , physics , biology , bacteria , optics , genetics
Individuals with HIV infection meeting the AIDS surveillance case definition have a higher incidence of meningococcal disease compared with the general adult population.
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