Natural History of Meningococcal Disease in Basic Training at Fort Dix, N.J.

Bartley, Joseph D.

doi:10.1093/milmed/137.10.373

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“…There have been numerous studies of meningococcal carriage in military personnel (2,3,7,8,19,21,26,29,34). However, in the past 5 years, there have been few studies concerning the incidence of group-specific carriage or prevalence of specific serotypes within military personnel (21,34).…”

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Rapid serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis by using antiserum agar: Prevalence of serotypes in a disease-free military population

Craven¹,

Frasch²,

Mocca³

et al. 1979

J Clin Microbiol

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Nasopharyngeal cultures from 414 Marines were plated directly onto antiserum agar containing the antibiotics vancomycin, colistin, and nystatin for meningococcal isolation and serogroup identification. Meningococci were isolated from 267 Marines, giving a carrier prevalence of 64.5%. A total of 58% of the isolates could be placed into serogroups; of these 22.3% were group B, 4.7% were group C, 25.7% were group Y, 24.3% were group W135, and 23.0% were group 29E. No serogroup A organisms were recovered. Serotyping by agar gel double diffusion was perforned on 148 strains. More than 70% of these strains were nontypable, and the disease-associated serotype 2 was present only in two group Y isolates. The same 148 isolates were also classified by major outer membrane protein patterns after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis pattern IV was most common among all serogroups. The data demonstrate the effective use of antiserum agar for meningococcal surveillance and document the frequency of specific serotypes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis types among carrier isolates obtained from a nonrecruit military population.

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Rapid serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis by using antiserum agar: Prevalence of serotypes in a disease-free military population

Craven¹,

Frasch²,

Mocca³

et al. 1979

J Clin Microbiol

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Neisseria meningitidis

Stephens¹,

Apicella²

2015

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

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Immunological Investigations of Meningococcal Disease: III. Brevity of Group C Acquisition Prior to Disease Occurrence

Edwards

Devine

Sengbusch

et al. 1977

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

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A surveillance program to determine group C meningococcal acquisition in military personnel during an epidemic was made. Data from fortnightly nasopharyngeal cultures show that individuals who were admitted with meningococcal disease acquired the organism within a week of disease onset. There were 24 company/platoons in which a single case occurred. Six company/platoons had 2 cases each. While other conditions which could act as predisposing factors were not ruled out, the data here favor acute respiratory disease as a predisposing factor(s) that may cause the increased incidence of meningococcal disease seen in military recruits. The exact mechanism is yet to be defined.

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Natural History of Meningococcal Disease in Basic Training at Fort Dix, N.J.

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Rapid serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis by using antiserum agar: Prevalence of serotypes in a disease-free military population

Rapid serogroup identification of Neisseria meningitidis by using antiserum agar: Prevalence of serotypes in a disease-free military population

Neisseria meningitidis

Immunological Investigations of Meningococcal Disease: III. Brevity of Group C Acquisition Prior to Disease Occurrence

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