On October 5th, 2006, the German Reference Centre for Meningococci (NRZM) held the 3rd Workshop on Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, in collaboration with the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM). Given the recent recommendation of the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) for conjugate meningococcal C vaccination of all children in the second year of life, observations from meningococcal C conjugate vaccination campaigns in other European countries were presented and compared to the German situation. Moreover, the newly implemented cluster detection routines employed at the NRZM and their integration into the interactive geographical information system EpiScanGIS were shown. Based on recent experiences from regional outbreaks in Oberallgäu, Sangerhausen, and Greater Aachen, examples for public health intervention were given at the conference. In addition, current developments in the area of meningococcal research, as well as trends in antimicrobial susceptibility were covered. Finally, the latest evidence concerning the clinical management and chemoprophylaxis of this invasive bacterial disease was discussed.
%0 Journal Article
%1 elias_3rd_2007
%A Elias, J
%A Reinhardt, M
%A Hautmann, W
%A Harms, I
%A Oppermann, H
%A Schröter, M
%A Hellenbrand, W
%A Oster, P
%A Kurzai, O
%A Taha, M-K
%A Nossal, R
%A Frosch, M
%A Vogel, M
%D 2007
%J Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband Der Ärzte Des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))
%K Biomedical Disease Europe, Humans, Infections, Meningococcal Outbreaks, Patterns, Physician's Population Practice Research, Surveillance ag_vogel
%N 4
%P 256--262
%R 10.1055/s-2007-973087
%T 3rd Workshop on Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Würzburg 2006
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17533569
%V 69
%X On October 5th, 2006, the German Reference Centre for Meningococci (NRZM) held the 3rd Workshop on Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, in collaboration with the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM). Given the recent recommendation of the German Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) for conjugate meningococcal C vaccination of all children in the second year of life, observations from meningococcal C conjugate vaccination campaigns in other European countries were presented and compared to the German situation. Moreover, the newly implemented cluster detection routines employed at the NRZM and their integration into the interactive geographical information system EpiScanGIS were shown. Based on recent experiences from regional outbreaks in Oberallgäu, Sangerhausen, and Greater Aachen, examples for public health intervention were given at the conference. In addition, current developments in the area of meningococcal research, as well as trends in antimicrobial susceptibility were covered. Finally, the latest evidence concerning the clinical management and chemoprophylaxis of this invasive bacterial disease was discussed.
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abstract = {On October 5th, 2006, the German Reference Centre for Meningococci {(NRZM)} held the 3rd Workshop on Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease, in collaboration with the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology {(DGHM).} Given the recent recommendation of the German Standing Committee on Vaccination {(STIKO)} for conjugate meningococcal C vaccination of all children in the second year of life, observations from meningococcal C conjugate vaccination campaigns in other European countries were presented and compared to the German situation. Moreover, the newly implemented cluster detection routines employed at the {NRZM} and their integration into the interactive geographical information system {EpiScanGIS} were shown. Based on recent experiences from regional outbreaks in Oberallgäu, Sangerhausen, and Greater Aachen, examples for public health intervention were given at the conference. In addition, current developments in the area of meningococcal research, as well as trends in antimicrobial susceptibility were covered. Finally, the latest evidence concerning the clinical management and chemoprophylaxis of this invasive bacterial disease was discussed.},
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author = {Elias, J and Reinhardt, M and Hautmann, W and Harms, I and Oppermann, H and Schröter, M and Hellenbrand, W and Oster, P and Kurzai, O and Taha, {M-K} and Nossal, R and Frosch, M and Vogel, M},
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issn = {1439-4421},
journal = {Gesundheitswesen {(Bundesverband} Der Ärzte Des Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes {(Germany))}},
keywords = {Biomedical Disease Europe, Humans, Infections, Meningococcal Outbreaks, Patterns, Physician's Population Practice Research, Surveillance ag_vogel},
month = apr,
note = {{PMID:} 17533569},
number = 4,
pages = {256--262},
timestamp = {2011-04-07T16:38:32.000+0200},
title = {[3rd Workshop on Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Würzburg 2006]},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17533569},
volume = 69,
year = 2007
}