Sampa District Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Sampa, Ghana.
Brong Ahafo Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Sunyani, Ghana.
Ghana Med J. 2020 Jun;54(2 Suppl):53-58. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.9.
Descriptive analysis of meningitis outbreak in Jaman North districts of Brong Ahafo Region.
Descriptive secondary data analysis.
records of meningitis cases were extracted from case-based forms and line list.
The source and pattern of outbreak.
A total of 367 suspected cases with 44 confirmed were recorded from Jaman North during the period of January to March 2016. The mean age of those affected was 58 ± 13 years. The case fatality rate was 0.82% and the proportion of males to females was 1:1.3 (160/207). The age group most affected was 15-29 years (54.7%) and the least was 45-49 years (3.0%). formed 77.3% of confirmed cases whilst was 20.5%. Cases with came from a border town in La Cote d'Ivoire.
A protracted propagated meningitis outbreak occurred; and the predominant bacteria strain among confirmed cases was Cases were mainly females and the most vulnerable group were people aged 15-29 years.
This work was funded by the authors. Author BKD was sponsored under CDC (Frontline FETP)-CDC CoAg 6NU2GGH001876.
对布隆阿哈福地区贾曼北部地区脑膜炎疫情的描述性分析。
描述性二次数据分析。
从基于病例的表格和列表中提取了脑膜炎病例记录。
疫情的来源和模式。
2016 年 1 月至 3 月期间，贾曼北部共记录了 367 例疑似病例，其中 44 例确诊。受影响者的平均年龄为 58 ± 13 岁。病死率为 0.82%，男女比例为 1:1.3（160/207）。受影响最大的年龄组为 15-29 岁（54.7%），最小的为 45-49 岁（3.0%）。形成 77.3%的确诊病例，而 则为 20.5%。来自科特迪瓦边境城镇的病例为确诊病例。
发生了一次长期传播的脑膜炎疫情；确诊病例中主要的细菌菌株是 ，主要为女性，最脆弱的群体是 15-29 岁的人群。
这项工作由作者资助。作者 BKD 由 CDC（前线 FTEP）-CDC 合作协议 6NU2GGH001876 赞助。
