New epidemiological features of meningococcal disease in Belgium

F Carion; M van Looveren; H Goossens

doi:10.2807/esm.02.10.00152-en

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New epidemiological features of meningococcal disease in Belgium
F Carion¹ , M van Looveren¹ , H Goossens²
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Affiliations: ¹ Reference Laboratory for meningococcal infections, Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur, Brussels, Belgium ² Department of Microbiology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

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Citation style for this article: Carion F, van Looveren M, Goossens H. New epidemiological features of meningococcal disease in Belgium. Euro Surveill. 1997;2(10):pii=152. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.02.10.00152-en

Abstract

SCIENTIFIC EDITOR In Belgium, after the epidemic of the early 1970s caused by Neisseria meningitidis B:2b:P1.2 (highest incidences in 1971 and 1972 with 5 cases per 100 000 population per year), the incidence of meningococcal disease fell to normal inter