Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex With Men
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Volume 159, Number 4
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Since August 2010, 22 cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among men who have sex with men (MSM) have been reported to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) (1). Seven of these men died. The mean age was 34 years, 50% were African American, and 55% were infected with HIV. Among the 12 patients with HIV infection, the median CD4 count was 525 × 109 cells/L, and 70% of patients had a viral load level less than 200 copies/mL within 90 days of IMD diagnosis. In 2012, meningococcal incidence among NYC MSM was …
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 159 • Number 4 • 20 August 2013
Pages: 300 - 301
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Published in issue: 20 August 2013
Published online: 8 March 2020
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Conjugate vaccines
- Epidemiology
- Forecasting
- HIV
- HIV infections
- Medical risk factors
- Meningococcal disease
- Molecular epidemiology
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Prevention, policy, and public health
- Psychiatry and mental health
- Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- Safety
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Vaccines
- Viral load
- Young adults
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