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3570627

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
During the first six months of 1983, an epidemic of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis occurred in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal, resulting in 875 cases and 95 deaths. The annual attack rate was 103 cases per 100,000 population, with a peak attack rate occurring in April. Epidemic meningococcal disease had not been recognized previously in Nepal. Early in 1984, a review of hospital-based data on pyogenic meningitis in Kathmandu showed three times as many cases per month compared with the same period the previous year, suggesting that a recurrent epidemic was unfolding. Beginning in February 1984, a vaccination campaign directed at a high-risk target population of people aged 1-24 years was launched; over 329,000 doses of bivalent A/C meningococcal vaccine were given, achieving approximately 64% coverage of the target population. A dramatic decline in the number of new meningitis cases occurred coincident with the initiation of the mass vaccination campaign. This experience demonstrates that it is possible, with appropriate surveillance efforts, to detect an evolving epidemic of meningococcal disease early in its course and to institute control measures in advance of the expected epidemic peak.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0300-5771
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
91-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis in Nepal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't