Invasive Meningococcal Disease, 2011–2020, and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, England
Sathyavani Subbarao, Helen Campbell, Sonia Ribeiro, S. A. Clark, Jay Lucidarme, Mary Ramsay, Ray Borrow, Shamez Ladhani
Abstract
Invasive meningococcal disease incidence in England declined from 1.93/100,000 persons (1,016 cases) in 2010-11 to 0.95/100,000 (530 cases) in 2018-19 and 0.74/100,000 in 2019-20 (419 cases). During national lockdown for the coronavirus disease pandemic (April-August 2020), incidence was 75% lower than during April-August 2019.
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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Incidence (geometry)Meningococcal diseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineDiseaseCoronavirusVirologyNeisseria meningitidisOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineBiologyPhysicsOpticsBacteriaGeneticsBacterial Infections and VaccinesPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsRespiratory viral infections research