Linked Life Data

12627350

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/12627350

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
An outbreak of disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 (W135) occurred in 2000 and 2001 among pilgrims returning from the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia (the Hajj) and in their contacts. For the Hajj in 2000, the attack rate of W135 disease was 25 cases per 100,000 pilgrims. After the introduction of quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine for the Hajj in 2001, no pilgrim developed W135 disease. The estimated attack rates for household contacts of returning pilgrims were 18 cases and 28 cases per 100,000 contacts for the years 2000 and 2001, respectively. On the basis of rates of transmission of W135 carriage and national epidemiological data, the risk that an unvaccinated household contact who had acquired W135 carriage would develop invasive meningococcal disease was estimated to be 1 case per 70 acquisitions. Public health policies to protect household contacts of Hajj pilgrims need to be implemented.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1537-6591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
679-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Hajj-associated outbreak strain of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135: estimates of the attack rate in a defined population and the risk of invasive disease developing in carriers.
pubmed:affiliation
Travellers' Health and Vaccination Centre, Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433. epvws@pacific.net.sg
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't