Invasive Meningococcal X Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Sep;28(9):1931-1932. doi: 10.3201/eid2809.220531.

Abstract

Invasive meningococcal disease persists as a fulminant disorder worldwide. Although cases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X (MenX) occur infrequently, outbreaks have been reported in countries in Africa in recent decades. We report 2 cases of MenX invasive meningococcal disease in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2021 and 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; MenX; Meningococcal X disease; Neisseira meningitidis serogroup X; SARs-CoV-2; invasive meningococcal disease; meningitis/encephalitis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal* / epidemiology
  • Meningococcal Infections* / epidemiology
  • Meningococcal Vaccines*
  • Neisseria meningitidis*
  • Pandemics

Substances

  • Meningococcal Vaccines