title: An epidemic of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a Somali orphanage.
abstract: Neisseria gonorrhoeae was isolated from 53 young females (6-14 years old) in a Somali orphanage. A male guardian was found to be the effective transmitter having sexually abused the children. All the bacterial isolates were of the same serogroup WI and the same serovar Aedih. This presents an unusual example of a tight geographic cluster of infected people which is often characteristic of gonorrhoea epidemics.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Somali National University, Mogadishu.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ilardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antognoli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sebastiani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amiconi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D012998:Somalia / Q000453:epidemiology