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Download the new version of the MOPH app
The new version of the app includes a range of advanced features, most notably:
1. Verifying medications via 2D barcodes (2D Barcode):
2. Tracking medication history on the MediTrack system
3. Locating the nearest healthcare facility
4. Latest news and updates
5. Information and statistics specific to nurseries
The new version of the app includes a range of advanced features, most notably:
1. Verifying medications via 2D barcodes (2D Barcode):
2. Tracking medication history on the MediTrack system
3. Locating the nearest healthcare facility
4. Latest news and updates
5. Information and statistics specific to nurseries
Meningitis
| Generalities | |
|---|---|
| Agent | There are several agents causing meningitis. 1) Main Bacteria: - Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus): Gram negative diplococci. Main invasive serotypes are A, B, C, W135, X, and Y. - Haemophilus influenza: Gram negative cocco-bacilli. There are 6 serotypes from (a) to (f). The serotype (b) is responsible of invasive infection. - Streptococcus pneumonia (pneumococcus): Gram positive diplococci. There are more than 90 serotypes. - Leptospira: spirochetes, Leptospira interrogans (26 serogroups) - Listeria monocytogenes: Gram positive, rod-shapped - Other bacterial agents: Staphylococcus, enteric bacteria, group B streptococci, Mycobacterium tuberculosis… 2) Virus: - Mumps - Measles - West Nile virus: a Flavivirus - Enterovirus: including Coxsackieviruses A (2-4, 7, 9-10), Coxsackieviruses B (1-6), Echoviruses (2, 5-7, 9-11, 14, 18, 30), Enterovirus 71, Poliovirus (1-3) - Herpes Simplex virus (types 1 and 2): family Herpesviridae - Varicella-Zoster virus: Human (alpha) Herpesvirus 3 (varicella-zoster) from the group Herpesvirus - Adenovirus: Adenovirus, several types (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7), genus Mastadenovirus, family Adenoviridae, - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: an Arenavirus - Sandfly fever viruses: genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae. They include more than 60 antigenically distinct virus serotypes. Two main groups are identified: a) Sandfly fever group including the Naples serocomplex (Karimabad virus, Arabia virus, Massilia virus, Punique virus, Tehran virus, Toscana virus …) and Sicilian serocomplex; and b) Uukuniemi group -Other virus: arboviruses… 3) Parasites: - Candida albicans, cryptococcus… |
| Incubation period | varies with the agent |
| Period of transmissibility | varies with the agent |
| Reservoir | varies with the agent |
| Modes of transmission | varies with the agent |
| Clinical presentation | varies with the agent |
| Resources | |
| Case definition | - MOPH circular no. 52 (2007): Meningitis - MOPH circular no. 63 (2007): Neisseria meningitidis - MOPH circular no. 54 (2007): Haemophilus influenzae b - MOPH circular no. 36 (2012): West Nile Virus |
| Forms | - Meningitis reporting form - Meningitis investigation form |
| Data | - Weekly report |
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