TY - JOUR AU - Hossain, M. Jahangir AU - Roca, Anna AU - Mackenzie, Grant AU - Jasseh, Momodou AU - Hossain, Mohammad Ilias AU - Muhammad, Shah AU - Ahmed, Manjang AU - Chidiebere, Osuorah Donatus AU - Malick, Ndiaye AU - Bilquees, S.M. AU - Ikumapayi, Usman AU - Jeng, Baba AU - Njie, Baba AU - Cham, Mamady AU - Kampmann, Beate AU - Corrah, Tumani AU - Howie, Stephen AU - D’Alessandro, Umberto T1 - Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 9 SP - 1507 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2012, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in The Gambia. The attack rate was highest among young children. The associated risk factors were male sex, contact with meningitis patients, and difficult breathing. Enhanced surveillance facilitates early epidemic detection, and multiserogroup conjugate vaccine could reduce meningococcal epidemics in The Gambia. KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - serogroup W135 KW - meningitis KW - Gambia KW - epidemic KW - outbreak KW - bacteria KW - the Gambia DO - 10.3201/eid1909.130077 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/13-0077_article ER - End of Reference