"Meningococcal Disease in Los Angeles County, California, and Among Men in the County Jails."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in New England Journal of Medicine, "Background: From January through March 1993, there were 54 cases of meningococcal disease in Los Angeles County, California, of which 9 occurred among men incarcerated in the county's jail system, which was 40 percent above capacity at the time. Several of the 45 patients from the community had had contact with men recently released from a county jail. Methods: We interviewed patients from the community (n = 42) and neighborhood controls matched with the patients for age, race, and ethnic group (n = 84) about potential exposures. We collected and cultured pharyngeal swabs...

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