Risk of invasive meningococcal disease among school workers in Cheshire, United Kingdom

Authors
Woodhouse, S Hunter, PR
Citation
S. Woodhouse et Pr. Hunter, Risk of invasive meningococcal disease among school workers in Cheshire, United Kingdom, CLIN INF D, 32(12), 2001, pp. 1795-1797
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1795 - 1797
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20010615)32:12<1795:ROIMDA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We have demonstrated an increased risk of invasive meningococcal disease am ong school workers in Cheshire, United Kingdom, compared with other adults in that area (relative risk, 6.0; 95% confidence interval, 2.75-13.07). If this trend is observed elsewhere in the United Kingdom, it may have policy implications for the prevention of such disease in this group of individual s.