EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN AGED UNDER 6 YEARS OF AGE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
- Authors: KOROLEVA I.S1, BELOSHITSKY G.V1
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Affiliations:
- Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare
- Issue: No 1 (2012)
- Pages: 18-21
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2226-6976/article/view/275307
- ID: 275307
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Abstract
The incidence of pneumococcal meningitis was analyzed among children under 6 years of age in the Russian Federation. A proportion of pneumococcal meningitis in the etiological structure of purulent bacterial meningitis was ascertained and its morbidity rate calculated. Among children aged less 6 years in the Russian Federation in 2010, pneumococcal meningitides were shown to rank third in the structure of purulent bacterial meningitides and to be 10%. By taking into account the low-level laboratory interpretation of purulent bacterial meningitides (33%), the morbidity rate for pneumococcal meningitides to be 1.7 times greater than the registered rates.
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I. S KOROLEVA
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare
Email: irina-korol@yandex.ru
Moscow
G. V BELOSHITSKY
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Inspectorate for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Human WelfareMoscow
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