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Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard workers in Marseille, France, January to February 2020
- Nadim Cassir1,2,3 , Laurence Pascal3,4 , David Ferrieux1 , Christiane Bruel5 , Christophe Guervilly6,7 , Stanislas Rebaudet8 , Kostas Danis9 , Lora Kopec1,2 , Florence Fenollar1,10 , Emmanuelle Varon11 , Véronique Vig5 , Jean-Luc Lasalle4 , Lauriane Ramalli4 , Pierre Michelet12 , Jean-Christophe Lagier1,2 , Nicolas Persico7,13 , Philippe Brouqui1,2 , Philippe Malfait4 , Philippe Parola1,10
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 University Hospital Institute -Méditerranée Infection (IHU), Marseille, France 2 Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France 3 These authors contributed equally to this work 4 French National Public Health Agency (Santé publique France), Marseille, France 5 Regional Health Agency of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (ARS Paca), Marseille, France 6 Service de Médecine Intensive - Réanimation, APHM, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France 7 Center for Studies and Research on Health Services and Quality of Life (CEReSS), Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France 8 Hôpital Européen, SESSTIM, Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, Marseille, France 9 French National Public Health Agency (Santé publique France), Saint Maurice, France 10 Aix Marseille University, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France 11 National Reference Laboratory for pneumococcus, Créteil, France 12 Service des Urgences Adultes, Hôpital de la Timone, UMR MD2, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France 13 Service des Urgences Adultes, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, FranceLaurence Pascallaurence.pascal santepubliquefrance.fr
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Citation style for this article: Cassir Nadim, Pascal Laurence, Ferrieux David, Bruel Christiane, Guervilly Christophe, Rebaudet Stanislas, Danis Kostas, Kopec Lora, Fenollar Florence, Varon Emmanuelle, Vig Véronique, Lasalle Jean-Luc, Ramalli Lauriane, Michelet Pierre, Lagier Jean-Christophe, Persico Nicolas, Brouqui Philippe, Malfait Philippe, Parola Philippe. Outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia among shipyard workers in Marseille, France, January to February 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(11):pii=2000162. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.11.2000162 Received: 19 Feb 2020; Accepted: 18 Mar 2020
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We report the third outbreak of pneumococcal pneumonia within one year among workers in European shipyards. During January and February 2020, 37 cases of pneumonia were identified in a shipyard in Marseille, south-eastern France. Outbreak control measures were implemented, including a mass vaccination campaign with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine targeting all shipyard workers. Given the high mobility of shipyard workers, coordinated responses between European public health institutes are necessary to avoid further outbreaks.

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