Community Outbreak ofMycoplasma pneumoniaeInfection: School‐Based Cluster of Neurologic Disease Associated with Household Transmission of Respiratory Illness
The Journal of Infectious Diseases2008Vol. 198(9), pp. 1365–1374
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Nicholas D. Walter, Gavin B. Grant, Utpala Bandy, Nicole Alexander, Jonas M. Winchell, Hannah Jordan, James J. Sejvar, Lauri A. Hicks, David Gifford, Nicole T. Alexander, Kathleen A. Thurman, Stephanie Schwartz, Penelope H. Dennehy, Nino Khetsuriani, Barry S. Fields, Michael T. Dillon, Dean D. Erdman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Matthew R. Moore
Abstract
M. pneumoniae caused a community-wide outbreak of cough illness and pneumonia and was associated with the development of life-threatening neurologic disease. Although M. pneumoniae was detected in schools, its transmission in households amplified the outbreak. Interrupting household transmission should be a priority during future outbreaks.
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