Surveillance of meningococcal disease in France, 1990-1997

B Hubert; V Goulet; J. Y. Riou

doi:10.2807/esm.02.10.00151-en

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Surveillance of meningococcal disease in France, 1990-1997
B Hubert¹ , V Goulet¹ , J. Y. Riou²
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Affiliations: ¹ Réseau National de Santé Publique, Saint-Maurice, France ² Centre National de Référence des méningocoques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Hubert B, Goulet V, Riou J. Y.. Surveillance of meningococcal disease in France, 1990-1997. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(10):pii=151. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.10.00151-en

Abstract

The surveillance of meningococcal disease in France is based on four complementary sources of data. 1. Meningococcal disease has been a notifiable disease since 1902. A case definition for surveillance was introduced in 1985, based on the isolation of Ne