Meningococcal Disease

Domestic clones of N. meningitidis circulated in meningococcal disease outbreak

Published in Drug Week, November 5th, 2004

Domestic clones of Neisseria meningitides were circulated in the 2001 meningococcal disease outbreak.

"The annual incidence of meningococcal disease (meningitis and septicemia) in Taiwan was 0.94/10⁵ population in 1953. It then declined to below 0.001 from 1980 to 1987, and re-emerged in 2000 with a rate of 0.07/10⁵ population. In 2001 there was a further increase in incidence (43 cases, 0.19/10⁵)," scientists writing in the journal Epidemiology and Infection report.

"Of 43 isolates of Neisseria meningitidis available for this study, including 41 from patients treated in 2001," wrote P.R. Hsueh...

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Source: Drug Week (2004-11-05)

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