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- Title
Response to a Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Case Among Military Trainees.
- Authors
Marcus, Joseph E; Bennett, William N; Frankel, Dianne N; Kieffer, John W; Casey, Theresa M; Huston, Amanda E; Hintz, Courtney N; Keller, Alexander P; Smolka, Michael T; Sikorski, Cynthia S; Yun, Heather C; Dolan, Matthew J; Kiley, John L
- Abstract
We describe the public health response to a military trainee who developed serogroup B meningococcal disease while sharing underwater breathing equipment. Despite high transmission risk, with rapid isolation and postexposure prophylaxis administration, there were no secondary cases. This case supports carefully weighing serogroup B meningococcal vaccination in high-risk settings.
- Subjects
MENINGOCOCCAL infections; MENINGOCOCCAL vaccines; NEISSERIA meningitidis; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 9, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofac162