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Rapid reporting EU surveillance system for meningitis W135: 2a: P1.2, 5 – update
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Citation style for this article: . Rapid reporting EU surveillance system for meningitis W135: 2a: P1.2, 5 – update. Euro Surveill. 2001;5(43):pii=2044. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.05.43.02044-en
Abstract
After an epidemic of meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serotype W135 among travellers to the haj pilgrimage to Mecca in 2000, an enhanced surveillance system for serogroup W135: 2a: P1.2, 5 meningococcal disease was set up among several European countries (1, and references therein). Data have been reported since September 2000, and this report summarises all confirmed cases during the period 1 September to 28 September 2001.

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