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标题：Meningococcal disease in Australia; looking at the past, thinking of the future
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作者：Mahomed Patel
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1997
卷号：21
期号：17
页码：233-236
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：In 1987 an unexpected change in the epidemiology of meningococcal disease began in Australia.The change was accompanied by an outbreak of serogroup A meningococcal disease amongAboriginal central Australians, and was followed by a progressive rise in notifications of diseasecaused by both serogroup B and C nationwide. Over the last 4 years, the notification rate hasplateaued at 2.1-2.3 per 100,000 population. Virulent clonal groups of serogroup A and Cmeningococci that have caused outbreaks appear to be identical to strains that have caused largeoutbreaks in other countries. We cannot predict where and when the next outbreak will occur.However, we can plan to respond swiftly when it does. This report presents an overview of theobserved trends, the association between the microbiology and epidemiology of meningococcaldisease, and the relevance of this association to outbreaks, with recommendations formanagement