A prolonged outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in an extended Irish Traveller family across three Health
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L O’Connor ([email protected])1, M Ward1, D Bennett2, R Mulhall2, P O’Lorcain3, R Cunney2,3, R McDermott1, E Neville4, J Heslin4, R FitzGerald5, K Meyler2, M Conlon1, A Clarke1, B Corcoran6, G Fitzpatrick1, B O’Connor4, P Flanagan3, D O’Flanagan3, S Cotter3 1. Department of Public Health, HSE East, Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2. Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Unit, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 3. Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland 4. Department of Public Health, HSE South-East, Kilkenny, Ireland 5. Department of Public Health, HSE Midwest, Limerick, Ireland 6. National Immunisation Office, Dublin, Ireland
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A prolonged outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in an extended Irish Traveller family across three Health Service Executive (HSE) areas in Ireland, 2010 to 2013.
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