Seif S Al-Abri, Musallam Yunus Abuhasan, Soha Shawqi A Albayat, Xilian Bai, Hamad Bastaki, Ray Borrow, Dominique A Caugant, Ghassan Dbaibo, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Nedal Ghuneim, Mohamud Sheek-Hussein, Jay Lucidarme, Sean Leng, Maria G Koliou, Marco Ap Sáfadi, Jameela Al Salman, Tarek Al-Sanouri, Vinny Smith, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Julio Vázquez, Claire Wright, Saber Yezli
This review details recent findings from the Global Meningococcal Initiative's (GMI) recent meeting on the surveillance and control strategies for invasive meningococcal disease in the Middle East. The nature of case reporting and notification varies across the region, with many countries using bacterial meningitis as an IMD case definition in lieu of meningitis and septicemia. This may overlook a significant burden associated with IMD leading to underreporting or misreporting of the disease. Based on these current definitions, IMD reported incidence remains low across the region, with historical outbreaks mainly occurring due to the Hajj and Umrah mass gatherings...
October 20, 2023: Journal of Infection