%0 Journal Article %1 hauri_serogroup_2000 %A Hauri, A M %A Ehrhard, I %A Frank, U %A Ammer, J %A Fell, G %A Hamouda, O %A Petersen, L %D 2000 %J Epidemiology and Infection %K Adolescent, Aged, Analysis Bacterial Dancing, Disease Factors Female, Germany, Humans, Infections, Male, Meningococcal Middle Neisseria Outbreaks, Risk Studies, Techniques, Typing Variance, meningitidis, of {Case-Control} %N 1 %P 69--73 %T Serogroup C meningococcal disease outbreak associated with discotheque attendance during carnival %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10722132 %V 124 %X In the week following a carnival during 19-24 February 1998, an outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred in a rural German county. The available isolates belonged to phenotype C:2a:P1.2,5 and were clonally related by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. A case-control study was done to identify risk factors for the outbreak and to define possible vaccination target groups. Five persons aged 13-16 years who fell ill during 24-27 February were included in the study. Four of 5 cases and 10 of 32 controls visited local discotheques (OR = 8.8; P = 0.06). Cases also visited discotheques more frequently than controls (chi2 for trend, P = 0.0002). Multiple discotheques during the carnival may have been predominant locations of transmission in this outbreak. Because this risk factor was limited in time, a mass community vaccination campaign was not initiated.

@article{hauri_serogroup_2000, abstract = {In the week following a carnival during 19-24 February 1998, an outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred in a rural German county. The available isolates belonged to phenotype {C:2a:P1.2,5} and were clonally related by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. A case-control study was done to identify risk factors for the outbreak and to define possible vaccination target groups. Five persons aged 13-16 years who fell ill during 24-27 February were included in the study. Four of 5 cases and 10 of 32 controls visited local discotheques {(OR} = 8.8; P = 0.06). Cases also visited discotheques more frequently than controls (chi2 for trend, P = 0.0002). Multiple discotheques during the carnival may have been predominant locations of transmission in this outbreak. Because this risk factor was limited in time, a mass community vaccination campaign was not initiated.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Hauri, A M and Ehrhard, I and Frank, U and Ammer, J and Fell, G and Hamouda, O and Petersen, L}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f70bc1ea37d8b6ca501719bad50b11e8/jelias}, interhash = {116d15d0fcb9dcbdad963fe7201f81dc}, intrahash = {f70bc1ea37d8b6ca501719bad50b11e8}, issn = {0950-2688}, journal = {Epidemiology and Infection}, keywords = {Adolescent, Aged, Analysis Bacterial Dancing, Disease Factors Female, Germany, Humans, Infections, Male, Meningococcal Middle Neisseria Outbreaks, Risk Studies, Techniques, Typing Variance, meningitidis, of {Case-Control}}, month = feb, note = {{PMID:} 10722132}, number = 1, pages = {69--73}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:25.000+0100}, title = {Serogroup C meningococcal disease outbreak associated with discotheque attendance during carnival}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10722132}, volume = 124, year = 2000 }