A European survey on public health policies for managing cases of meningococcal disease and their contacts
Authors
Marteen Hoek, Germaine Hanquet, Sigrid Heuberger, Paweł Stefanoff, Philippe Zucs, Mary Ramsay, James Stuart; European Union Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance Network (EU-IBIS).
Reference
Euro Surveill 2008; 13: pii: 8060.
A survey of EU countries aimed at compiling national guidelines for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) prophylaxis. We found multiple inconsistencies, which were not always justified by available evidence. This publication started a longitudinal fruitful collaboration with a fantastic consortium of experts led by James Stuart. In the following years we worked on developing evidence-based guidelines for EU countries, and repeated the survey of countries after approximately 10 years. I met James during EPIET training modules and we discovered our mutual passion for IMD epidemiology :)