Serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men and in gay-oriented social venues in the Paris region: July 2013 to December 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Aubert, L ^a   Taha, M K ^b   Boo, N ^c   Le Strat, Y ^d   Deghmane, A E ^d   Sanna, A ^d   Barret, A S ^d   Levy Bruhl D ^d   Vandentorren, S ^d   du Châtelet, I Parent ^d  

^a French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Regional Public Health Agency (ARS) in the Paris region   (France)

^d French Institute for Public Health Surveillance InVS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; PARIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922041975     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21016     Document Type: Article

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