Open AccessSurveillance of meningococcal disease in France, 1990-1997
Author(s) -
B. Hubert,
V. Goulet,
J.Y. Riou
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.02.10.00151-en
Subject(s) - meningococcal disease , notifiable disease , medicine , disease , isolation (microbiology) , disease surveillance , virology , neisseria meningitidis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics
The surveillance of meningococcal disease in France is based on four complementary sources of data. 1. Meningococcal disease has been a notifiable disease since 1902. A case definition for surveillance was introduced in 1985, based on the isolation of Ne