Open AccessRapid reporting EU surveillance system for meningitis W135: 2a: P1.2, 5 – update
Author(s) -
S Handford,
B Henderson
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.14.02110-en
Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , meningitis , business , medicine , virology , pediatrics , biology , genetics , bacteria
After an epidemic of disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 in travellers returning from the haj pilgrimage to Mecca in 2000, enhanced surveillance for W135: 2a: P1.2, 5 infection or compatible strains was set up among several European countries (1, and references therein).