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Listeria monocytogenes Infection of the Brain
Published on: October 2, 2018
大学生における髄膜炎球菌感染症のリスク
L H Harrison1, D M Dwyer, C T Maples
1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. lharriso@edc.gsph.pitt.edu
JAMA
|June 1, 1999
まとめ
大学生の脳膜炎球菌感染症の発生率は,一般の人々と比べてほぼ同じです. しかし,キャンパス内の住民は,侵入性髄膜球菌病のリスクが高い.
科学分野:
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 大学キャンパスでの meningococal 発症の増加は,学生の間で病気の発生率に関する研究を必要とします.
- 以前の研究では,大学生における侵入性髄膜炎球菌感染症の発生率を記録したり,同じ年齢の一般人口と比較したりしませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- メリーランド州の大学生における侵入性髄膜炎球菌感染症の発生率を,同じ年齢の一般人口と比較するために.
- 大学生集団における侵入性髄膜球菌感染症の危険因子を特定する.
主な方法:
- リトロスペクティブコホート研究の設計.
- 1992年から1997年の間に髄膜炎球菌感染症と診断されたメリーランド州住民の全州的な監視データを活用した.
- 大学生における侵入性髄膜炎球菌感染症の発生率を一般の人々と比較して分析した.
主要な成果:
- 侵襲性髄膜炎球菌感染症の年間平均発生率は,4年制大学院の学生では10万人に1.74であったが,一般人では10万人に1.44であった (P=.60).
- 4年制教育機関でキャンパスに在住する学生は,キャンパス外の住民 (0.96 per 100,000; RR, 3.4; P=.05) よりも有意に高い発生率 (3.24 per 100,000) を示しました.
- 感染した学生の86%は,現在の髄膜炎球菌ワクチンでカバーされている血清群によって引き起こされた感染でした.
結論:
- 侵入性髄膜炎球菌感染症の発生率は,大学生と同様の年齢の一般住民の間で比較可能です.
- キャンパスで暮らす大学生は,キャンパス外の同級生と比較して,侵入性髄膜球菌感染症のリスクが著しく高まります.
- 研究結果は,キャンパス内の学生集団のための標的型予防戦略の重要性を強調しています.
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