Meningococcal infection in modern realities: a narrative review


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/epidem.2023.13.2.34-9

Koroleva I.S., Koroleva M.A., Churilova N.S., Gritsai M.I., Beloshitsky G.V.

Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia
There is a narrative review of the state of the problem of meningococcal infection (MI) in the modern aspect. The significant list of the specifc features of the diseases and the unprecedented risk of the infection contributed to the development of a rational panel of vaccines for specific immunoprophylaxis. The cost of the disease, by taking into account the total cost of its hospital treatment and the expenditures of when disease-disabling consequences occur, is depicted, by using the real scenarios as an example. The review demonstrates considerable changes in the epidemiological manifestations of MI in the Russian Federation and presents a reasonable warning that there may be the next periodic rise in the incidence of MI.

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About the Autors


Irina S. Koroleva, MD; Head, Laboratory for the Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infection and Purulent Bacterial Meningitides, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; irina-korol@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0578-146X
Maria A. Kоroleva, MD; Senior Researcher, Laboratory for the Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infection and Purulent Bacterial Meningitides, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; korolevamaria389@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2714-1191.
Nadejda S. Churilova, Junior Researcher, Laboratory for Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infection and Purulent Bacterial Meningitides, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; n27101996@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-5829.
Maria I. Gritsay, Cand. Med. Sci., Researcher, Laboratory for Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infection and Purulent Bacterial Meningitides, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; maria-griz@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-9074.
Grigoriy V. Beloshitsky, Cand. Med. Sci., Senior Researcher, Laboratory for Epidemiology of Meningococcal Infection and Purulent Bacterial Meningitides, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; g-belosh1@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4769-3890


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