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An international invasive meningococcal disease outbreak due to a novel and rapidly expanding serogroup W strain, Scotland and Sweden, July to August 2015.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 10 Nov 2016
Lucidarme Jay, Scott Kevin J, Ure Roisin, Smith Andrew, Lindsay Diane, Stenmark Bianca, Jacobsson Susanne, Fredlund Hans, Cameron J Claire, Smith-Palmer Alison, McMenamin Jim, Gray Steve J, Campbell Helen, Ladhani Shamez, Findlow Jamie, Mölling Paula, Borrow Ray
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The 23rd World Scout Jamboree in 2015 took place in Japan and included over 33,000 scouts from 162 countries. Within nine days of the meeting ending, six cases of laboratory-confirmed invasive serogroup W meningococcal disease occurred among scouts and their close contacts in Scotland and Sweden. The isolates responsible were identical to one-another by routine typing and, where known (4 isolates), belonged to...
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