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  • Epidemiology and aetiology of the 2023 meningitis outbreak among children in Iraq / Zana B. Najmadden;Karzan R. Sidiq;Dana Khdr Sabir;Amjad M. Qadir;Omed Khalid Salih;Jihad I. Hama;Omed O. Rahim;Azad M. Qadir
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Epidemiology and aetiology of the 2023 meningitis outbreak among children in Iraq / Zana B. Najmadden;Karzan R. Sidiq;Dana Khdr Sabir;Amjad M. Qadir;Omed Khalid Salih;Jihad I. Hama;Omed O. Rahim;Azad M. Qadir

Tác giả : Zana B. Najmadden;Karzan R. Sidiq;Dana Khdr Sabir;Amjad M. Qadir;Omed Khalid Salih;Jihad I. Hama;Omed O. Rahim;Azad M. Qadir

Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Năm xuất bản : 2024

Chủ đề : 1. Communicable Diseases. 2. Disease Outbreaks -- epidemiology. 3. Iraq. 4. Meningitis, Bacterial. 5. Meningitis, Viral. 6. Journal / periodical articles.

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Background:Meningitis is still a major public health challenge globally. Both the viral and bacterial forms of the disease have been reported worldwide. In 2023, around 200 children with suspected meningitis were admitted to hospital in Halabja Governorate, Iraq. No outbreak of meningitis had been reported previously in that region.Aims:To investigate the aetiology and epidemiology of meningitis among children in Halabja Governorate, Iraq, and expedite clinical management and prevention.Methodology:Blood and cerebrospinal fluid specimens were collected from 197 children admitted to Halabja Paediatric and Maternity Teaching Hospital from 1 March to 1 July 2023 and analysed. The sample t-test was used to compare the haematological, serological and biochemical characteristics of the samples.Results:The majority (76.6%) of the children were aged 2–9 years and 54% were males. The clinical manifestations of the disease were fever (100.0%), headache (89.0%), vomiting (85.7%), and photophobia (72.4%); none of the children had convulsions. The mean values for both neutrophil count and C-reactive protein were statistically significantly raised (P < 0.05) and the red blood cells, white blood cells and neutrophil counts, and lactate dehydrogenase values were statistically significantly raised (P < 0.05). The causative organism was enterovirus (98.5%), with sporadic cases of streptococcal meningitis (1.5%). All the patients recovered fully.Conclusion:The rapid diagnosis of the disease was crucial to the therapeutic and prevention control measures for the outbreak. Although it is still unclear how and where this outbreak started, contaminated drinking water and transmission among children in nurseries and schools are suspected. Further investigations are recommended to determine the source of the enterovirus and identify the virus species and serotypes.
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