Epidemiologic investigation and targeted vaccination initiative in response to an outbreak of meningococcal disease among illicit drug users in Brooklyn, New York.

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Epidemiologic investigation and targeted vaccination initiative in response to an outbreak of meningococcal disease among illicit drug users in Brooklyn, New York.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Apr 2009

Weiss Don, Stern Eric J, Zimmerman Christopher, Bregman Brooke, Yeung Alice, Das Debjani, Dentinger Catherine M, Marx Melissa A, Kornblum John, Lee Lillian, Halse Tanya A, Mayer Leonard W, Hatcher Cynthia P, Theodore M Jordan, Schmink Susanna, Harcourt Brian H, Zucker Jane R, Layton Marci, Clark Thomas A

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BACKGROUND: An outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease that involved illicit drug users and their contacts occurred in Brooklyn, New York, during 2005 and 2006. METHODS: The objectives of this study were to identify the population at risk for meningococcal disease, describe efforts to interrupt disease transmission, and assess the impact of a vaccine initiative. Descriptive and molecular epidemiological...

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DOI: 10.1086/597257

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