Serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease among men who have sex with men and in gay-oriented social venues in the Paris region: July 2013 to December 2014

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 1
• Main Authors: Aubert, L, Taha, Mk, Boo, N, Le Strat, Y, Deghmane, A E, Sanna, A, Barret, A S, Lévy-Bruhl, D, Vandentorren, S, Parent du Châtelet, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 22.01.2015; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Gays & lesbians; Genes, Bacterial; Gram-negative bacteria; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Immunization; Incidence; Infant; Life Sciences; Male; Mandatory Reporting; Men; Meningitis; Meningitis, Meningococcal; Meningitis, Meningococcal - diagnosis; Meningitis, Meningococcal - epidemiology; Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control; Middle Aged; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C - genetics; Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup C - isolation & purification; Paris; Paris - epidemiology; Population Surveillance; Risk Assessment; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Serotyping; Young Adult; Paris; Paris France
• ISSN: 1560-7917; 1025-496X; 1560-7917; 1025-496X
• DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.3.21016

In November 2014, French public health authorities renewed the recommendation to target for vaccination against invasive meningococcal disease men who have sex with men (MSM) and all individuals ≥25 years attending social venues associated with the gay community. This policy was extended beyond the Paris region as a reaction to the continuing spread of serogroup C isolates belonging to a new lineage within clonal complex cc11 since the recommendation was first issued in July 2013.