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Mass Vaccination Campaign Following Community Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease

Gérard Krause*†

, Carina Blackmore†, Steven Wiersma†, Cheryll Lesneski‡, Laurey Gauch‡, and Richard S. Hopkins†

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ‡Putnam County Health Department, Palatka, Florida, USA;

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Cases of serogroup C meningococcal disease, Putnam County, Florida, 1998–1999^a

Onset date	Sex	Age	Resident of target area	Received chemoprophylaxis	Received vaccine	PFGE	Outcome
12/12/98	F	2 yrs	Yes	No	No	No isolate	No sequelae
12/12/98	F	18 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
12/18/98	M	12 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
12/25/98	F	2 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
12/25/98	F	4 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
12/26/98	M	11 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
12/26/98	M	12 yrs	Yes	No	No	No isolate	No sequelae
12/29/98	M	18 yrs	Yes	No	No	Identical	Died
01/03/99	M	25 yrs	Yes	Yes	No	Identical	No sequelae
3/25/99	M	17 yrs	No	No	No	Identical	No sequelae
5/12/99	F	6 yrs	Yes	Yes	Yes	3 bands’ difference	Necrosis of ear lobe
12/28/99	F	3 mo	Yes	No	No	Identical	Died

^aPFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; M, male; F, female.

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Volume 8, Number 12—December 2002

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Mass Vaccination Campaign Following Community Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease

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