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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Dispatch

Clinical Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Disease Epidemic, Uzbekistan, 2026

Bakhodir B. RakhimovComments to Author , Laziz N. Tuychiev, Nilufar T. Khamzayeva, Nigora U. Tadjiyeva, Nargiza S. Saidkasimova, Nargiza X. Otamuratova, and Xolmamat N. Norboev
Author affiliation: Tashkent State Medical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (B.B. Rakhimov, L.N. Tuychiev, N.T. Khamzayeva, N.U. Tadjiyeva, N.S. Saidkasimova, N.X. Otamuratova, X.N. Norboev); Republican Specialized Scientific-Practical Medical Center for Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Tashkent (N.U. Tadjiyeva, N.X. Otamuratova)

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Weekly number of cases of invasive meningococcal disease in study of epidemic in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, January 1–April 14, 2026. Disease cases (n = 290) were registered in the invasive meningococcal disease case registry at the Tashkent City Center for Sanitary-Epidemiologic Welfare and Public Health. Cases were evaluated according to laboratory confirmation status and cumulative case counts. For laboratory-confirmed cases, Neisseria meningitidis was isolated from a sterile site (blood culture or cerebrospinal fluid). Probable cases met clinical criteria and had an epidemiologic link to a confirmed case. Asterisk indicates a partial week (April 9–14; 6 days).

Figure. Weekly number of cases of invasive meningococcal disease in study of epidemic in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, January 1–April 14, 2026. Disease cases (n = 290) were registered in the invasive meningococcal disease case registry at the Tashkent City Center for Sanitary-Epidemiologic Welfare and Public Health. Cases were evaluated according to laboratory confirmation status and cumulative case counts. For laboratory-confirmed cases, Neisseria meningitidis was isolated from a sterile site (blood culture or cerebrospinal fluid). Probable cases met clinical criteria and had an epidemiologic link to a confirmed case. Asterisk indicates a partial week (April 9–14; 6 days).

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