Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016-2017.
Emerging infectious diseases 2018 09 ; 24(9); 1720-1722. doi: 10.3201/eid2409.171058. Epub 2019 01 18
Central African Republic
Streptococcus pneumoniae
bacteria
meningitis
meningitis/encephalitis
outbreak
pneumococcal meningitis
pneumococcal vaccines
Abstract
We report a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Central African Republic (251 suspected cases; 60 confirmed by latex agglutination test) in 2016-2017. Case-fatality rates (10% for confirmed case-patients) were low. In areas where a recent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine campaign was conducted, a smaller proportion of cases was seen in youngest children.