کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3393444 1221341 2009 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Serogroup B meningococcal disease during Hajj: Preparing for the worst scenario
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
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Serogroup B meningococcal disease during Hajj: Preparing for the worst scenario
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryThe Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia has historically been associated with outbreaks of serogroup A and W135 meningococcal disease. Prevention against meningococcal disease has principally been vaccination with meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines, either in a bivalent serogroup A/C or quadrivalent A/C/Y/W135 form. These interventions have suppressed meningococcal disease since 2002. Countries with large Muslim populations have now started to show a trend of increased serogroup B meningococcal disease, a serogroup for which there is no universal vaccine available. These trends should increase our preparedness to expect a sudden change in the etiology of meningococcal disease during the Hajj.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Volume 7, Issue 4, July 2009, Pages 231–234
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