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Volume 19, Number 9—September 2013

Dispatch

Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease, The Gambia, 2012

M. Jahangir HossainComments to Author , Anna Roca, Grant A. Mackenzie, Momodou Jasseh, Mohammad Ilias Hossain, Shah Muhammad, Manjang Ahmed, Osuorah Donatus Chidiebere, Ndiaye Malick, S.M. Bilquees, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Baba Jeng, Baba Njie, Mamady Cham, Beate Kampmann, Tumani Corrah, Stephen Howie, and Umberto D’Alessandro
Author affiliations: Medical Research Council Unit, Banjul, The Gambia (M.J. Hossain, A. Roca, G.A. Mackenzie, M. Jasseh, M.I. Hossain, S. Muhammad, M. Ahmed, O.D. Chidiebere, N. Malick, S.M. Bilquees, U.N. Ikumapayi, B. Kampmann, T. Corrah, S. Howie, U. D’Alessandro); Ministry of Health, Banjul (B. Jeng, B. Njie, M. Cham); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (U. D’Alessandro)

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Table 1

Confirmed and suspected cases of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135, CRR and URR, The Gambia, February 1–June 25, 2012*

Health region/case-patient age group, y Cases, no. (%) Deaths, no. (%) 2011 population† Cases/100,000 population
CRR
<1 62 (20) 8 (13) 4,216 1,470
1–4 138 (45) 4 (3) 29,470 468
5–14 70 (23) 2 (3) 66,545 105
>15 37 (12) 4 (11) 115,995 32
Total 307 (100) 18 (6) 216,227 142
URR
<1 47 (29) 10 (21) 4,086 1,150
1–4 70 (43) 5 (7) 27,564 254
5–14 36 (22) 2 (6) 64,014 56
>15 9 (6) 1 (11) 111,663 8
Total 162 (100) 18 (11) 207,327 78
CRR and URR
<1 109 (23) 18 8,302 1,312
1–4 208 (44) 9 57,034 364
5–14 106 (23) 4 (4) 130,560 81
>15 46 (10) 5 (11) 227,658 20
Total 469 (100) 36 (8) 423,554 111

*CRR, Central River Region; URR, Upper River Region.
†Estimated on the basis of 2003 census.

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