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Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W among scouts returning from the World Scout Jamboree, Japan, 2015

Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles, 2016-11, Vol.21 (45), p.8 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. ;This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. 2016 The Authors ;ISSN: 1560-7917 ;ISSN: 1025-496X ;EISSN: 1560-7917 ;DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.45.30392 ;PMID: 27918267

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Title:
Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W among scouts returning from the World Scout Jamboree, Japan, 2015
Author: Smith-Palmer, Alison ; Oates, Ken ; Webster, Diana ; Taylor, Sarah ; Scott, Kevin J ; Smith, Gemma ; Parcell, Benjamin ; Lindstrand, Ann ; Wallensten, Anders ; Fredlund, Hans ; Widerström, Micael ; McMenamin, Jim
Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use ; Chemoprevention ; Clubs ; Contact Tracing ; Conventions ; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control ; Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data ; Epidemics ; Humans ; Infectious Diseases ; Infektionssjukdomar ; Japan ; Meningitis ; Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology ; Meningococcal Infections - microbiology ; Meningococcal Infections - prevention & control ; Neisseria meningitidis - classification ; Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification ; Public Health ; Scotland - epidemiology ; Studies ; Surveillance and Outbreak Report ; Sweden - epidemiology ; Travel
Is Part Of: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles, 2016-11, Vol.21 (45), p.8
Description: The 23rd World Scout Jamboree was held in Japan from 28 July to 8 August 2015 and was attended by over 33,000 scouts from 162 countries. An outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease capsular group W was investigated among participants, with four confirmed cases identified in Scotland, who were all associated with one particular scout unit, and two confirmed cases in Sweden; molecular testing showed the same strain to be responsible for illness in both countries. The report describes the public health action taken to prevent further cases and the different decisions reached with respect to how wide to extend the offer of chemoprophylaxis in the two countries; in Scotland, chemoprophylaxis was offered to the unit of 40 participants to which the four cases belonged and to other close contacts of cases, while in Sweden chemoprophylaxis was offered to all those returning from the Jamboree. The report also describes the international collaboration and communication required to investigate and manage such multinational outbreaks in a timely manner.
Publisher: Sweden: Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS)
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1560-7917
ISSN: 1025-496X
EISSN: 1560-7917
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.45.30392
PMID: 27918267
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Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis capsular group W among scouts returning from the World Scout Jamboree, Japan, 2015

This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. ;This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. 2016 The Authors ;ISSN: 1560-7917 ;ISSN: 1025-496X ;EISSN: 1560-7917 ;DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.45.30392 ;PMID: 27918267

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