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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Dispatch

Outbreak of Pneumococcal Meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017

Matthew E. ColdironComments to Author , Oumar Touré, Thierry Frank, Nathalie Bouygues, and Rebecca F. Grais
Author affiliations: Epicentre, Paris, France (M.E. Coldiron, R.F. Grais); Epicentre, Paoua, Central African Republic (O. Touré); Institut Pasteur, Bangui, Central African Republic (T. Frank); Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris (N. Bouygues)

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Table

Attack rates for pneumococcal meningitis, Paoua Subprefecture, Central African Republic, 2016–2017

Patient age, y Overall cases of pneumococcal meningitis
 Confirmed cases of pneumococcal meningitis
No. cases Attack rate, no. cases/100,000 population No. cases Attack rate, no. cases/100,000 population
<2 61 301 12 59
2–4 22 82 4 15
5–14 38 62 24 39
15–29 79 124 11 17
30–44 37 96 7 18
>45 14 54 2 8

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