title: Invasive meningococcal disease with fatal outcome in a Swiss student visiting Berlin.
abstract: Following the fatal invasive meningococcal disease in a Swiss student who had been visiting Berlin, several public health institutions on local, regional and national level cooperated to ensure that the appropriate measures such as contact tracing and post exposure prophylaxis were taken to prevent further cases. The incidence highlighted the importance of early disease notification and showed that if an infectious disease requiring public health action occurs in an international context, it is vital that relevant information is communicated to all levels of the public health systems of the countries involved.
authors.affiliation: Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain Health Department, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zuschneid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Witschi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quaback
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hellenbrand
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kleinkauf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel