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米国におけるセログループC髄膜炎球菌の流行. 新興する脅威である
L A Jackson1, A Schuchat, M W Reeves
1Childhood and Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.
JAMA
|February 1, 1995
まとめ
米国では,血清群Cのネイセリア meningitidisの発生が増加しており,特に若い成人に影響しています. 熱帯膜炎球菌病の早期発見と報告は,効果的な予防と制御に不可欠です.
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:
- 最近,米国全土でネイセリア meningitidis 血清群Cのアウトブレイクが報告されています.
- これらのアウトブレイクの特徴を理解することは,公衆衛生の対応に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- 1980年1月から1993年6月にかけて米国で発生した,血清群Cのネイセリア meningitidisの発生の特徴を定義する.
主な方法:
- データは,MEDLINEの検索,CDCの記録,州保健局,感染症の専門家,ワクチン製造業者を通じて収集されました.
- 流行は,人口10万人に少なくとも5人の発症率で3か月以内の3件以上の症例として定義されました.
主要な成果:
- 21の血清群Cのアウトブレイクが確認され,そのうちの8つは1991年以降に発生した.
- コミュニティでのアウトブレイクは,散発的な症例 (19%) と比較して,不釣り合いな割合で5歳から24歳の個人に影響した (50%).
- 流行はクローン型で,少なくとも5つの異なる,密接に関連した菌株によって引き起こされました.
結論:
- 血清群Cのネイセリア meningitidisの流行は,米国でより頻繁に発生しています.
- 熱帯膜炎球菌病の疑いの迅速な報告と血清群の特定は,効果的なアウトブレイク管理に不可欠です.
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