TY - JOUR
T1 - Hospital surveillance of childhood bacterial meningitis in senegal and the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine
AU - Ba, Osseynou
AU - Fleming, Jessica A.
AU - Dieye, Yakou
AU - Mutombo, Boniface Mutombo Wa
AU - Ba, Mamadou
AU - Cisse, Moussa Fafa
AU - Diallo, Aissatou Gaye
AU - Sow, Iyane
AU - Slack, Mary
AU - Faye, Pape Coumba
AU - Ba, Mady
AU - Diallo, Ndiouga
AU - Weiss, Noel S.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Bacterial meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children living in low-resource settings. Pediatric bacterial meningitis cases < 5 years of age were identified through a regional hospital surveillance system for 3 years after introduction of routine immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine in Senegal in July 2005. Cases from the national pediatric hospital were also tracked from 2002 to 2008. The regional surveillance system recorded 1,711 suspected pediatric bacterial meningitis cases. Of 214 laboratory-confirmed cases, 108 (50%) were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, 42 (20%) to Hib, and 13 (6%) to Neisseria meningitidis. There was a 98% reduction in the number of hospitalized Hib meningitis cases from Dakar Region in 2008 compared with 2002. The surveillance system provides important information to the Ministry of Health as they consider self-funding Hib vaccine and introducing pneumococcal vaccine.
AB - Bacterial meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children living in low-resource settings. Pediatric bacterial meningitis cases < 5 years of age were identified through a regional hospital surveillance system for 3 years after introduction of routine immunization with Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine in Senegal in July 2005. Cases from the national pediatric hospital were also tracked from 2002 to 2008. The regional surveillance system recorded 1,711 suspected pediatric bacterial meningitis cases. Of 214 laboratory-confirmed cases, 108 (50%) were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, 42 (20%) to Hib, and 13 (6%) to Neisseria meningitidis. There was a 98% reduction in the number of hospitalized Hib meningitis cases from Dakar Region in 2008 compared with 2002. The surveillance system provides important information to the Ministry of Health as they consider self-funding Hib vaccine and introducing pneumococcal vaccine.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0346
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0346
M3 - Article
C2 - 21118944
AN - SCOPUS:79551645783
VL - 83
SP - 1330
EP - 1335
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0002-9637
IS - 6
ER -