| { |
| "title": "Open Syndrome Meningococcal Meningitis", |
| "description": "Suspected case definition of meningococcal meningitis in Mozambique", |
| "scope": "specific", |
| "category": "suspected", |
| "version": "1.0.0", |
| "open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0", |
| "published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org", |
| "published_at": "2025-01-29T12:00:00Z", |
| "published_by": [ |
| "Open Syndrome Initiative" |
| ], |
| "location": "Mozambique", |
| "language": "English", |
| "organization": "Ministry of Health of Mozambique", |
| "inclusion_criteria": [ |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "logical_operator": "AND", |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Sudden fever", |
| "logical_operator": "OR", |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "name": "Rectal fever", |
| "description": "Temperature > 38.5°C in rectum" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "name": "Axillary fever", |
| "description": "Temperature ≥ 38.0°C in armpits" |
| } |
| ] |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "criterion", |
| "logical_operator": "AT_LEAST", |
| "logical_operator_arguments": [ |
| 1 |
| ], |
| "values": [ |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Stiff neck" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Altered consciousness" |
| }, |
| { |
| "type": "symptom", |
| "name": "Meningeal signs", |
| "description": "Any other meningeal signs" |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
| ] |
| } |
| ], |
| "references": [ |
| { |
| "citation": "Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Mozambique", |
| "url": "https://docs.bvsalud.org/biblioref/2021/11/1344189/vigilancia-integrada-de-doencas-e-resposta-em-mocambique.pdf" |
| } |
| ], |
| "status": "draft", |
| "human_readable_definition": "Uma pessoa com\nmanifestação súbita de febre\n(>38,5º C no recto ou 38,0º C nas\naxilas), e pescoço rígido, con-\nsciência alterada ou quaisquer\noutros sinais meníngeos.\nCaso confirmado: caso suspeito\nconfirmado através do isolamen-\nto de N. meningitidis do LCR ou\ndo sangue", |
| "target_public_health_threats": [ |
| "Meningococcal meningitis" |
| ], |
| "keywords": [ |
| "Meningococcal meningitis", |
| "Africa" |
| ], |
| "definition_type": "case_definition" |
| } |
|
|
