Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017
We report a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Central African Republic (251 suspected cases; 60 confirmed by latex agglutination test) in 2016–2017. Case-fatality rates (10% for confirmed case-patients) were low. In areas where a recent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine campaign was conducted, a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/17-1058_article |