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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024

CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Concurrent Outbreaks of Hepatitis A, Invasive Meningococcal Disease, and Mpox, Florida, USA, 2021–2022

Timothy J. DoyleComments to Author , Megan Gumke, Danielle Stanek, Joshua Moore, Brian Buck, Timothy Locksmith, Kelly Tomson, Sarah Schmedes, George Churchwell, Shan Justin Hubsmith, Baskar Krishnamoorthy, Karalee Poschman, Brandi Danforth, Daniel Chacreton, and the outbreak investigation team1
Author affiliations: Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (T.J. Doyle, M. Gumke, D. Stanek, J. Moore, B. Buck, T. Locksmith, K. Thomson, S. Schmedes, G. Churchwell, S.J. Hubsmith, B. Krishnamoorthy, K. Poschman, B. Danforth, D. Chacreton); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.J. Doyle, K. Poschman)

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Figure 2

Spatial distribution of outbreak-associated cases of hepatitis A and invasive meningococcal disease in an investigation of concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A, invasive meningococcal disease, and mpox, Florida, USA, 2021–2022. A) Locations of cases by postal (ZIP) code of patient residence; B) detail of box from central Florida in panel A, in which >1 case of each disease were reported in the same postal code. Outside the area represented in that panel, no cases of both diseases were identified in the same postal code. Invasive meningococcal disease cases were georeferenced by postal code centroid. Small polygons are outlines of postal code areas. Light gray lines indicat county borders; dark gray lines indicate postal areas where instances were identified.

Figure 2. Spatial distribution of outbreak-associated cases of hepatitis A and invasive meningococcal disease in an investigation of concurrent outbreaks of hepatitis A, invasive meningococcal disease, and mpox, Florida, USA, 2021–2022. A) Locations of cases by postal (ZIP) code of patient residence; B) detail of box from central Florida in panel A, in which >1 case of each disease were reported in the same postal code. Outside the area represented in that panel, no cases of both diseases were identified in the same postal code. Invasive meningococcal disease cases were georeferenced by postal code centroid. Small polygons are outlines of postal code areas. Light gray lines indicat county borders; dark gray lines indicate postal areas where instances were identified.

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1Members of the team are listed at the end of the article.

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