Article
Development of the epidemiological situation in invasive meningococcal disease in the Czech Republic caused by emerging Neisseria meningitidis clone ET-15/37.
Central European journal of public health - 1 Dec 1997
Krízová P, Musílek M, Kalmusová J
Abstract excerpt
Meningococcal clone ET-15/37, which appeared as a new one in the Czech Republic in 1993, caused an emergency epidemiological and clinical situation in invasive meningococcal disease, characterized by a high fatality rate (20%) compared to the "normal" fatality rate due to "non ET-15/37" strains....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Antigenic Variation
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Czech Republic
- Disease Notification
- Disease Outbreaks
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Meningococcal Infections
- Middle Aged
- Morbidity
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Phenotype