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Table 1 Cluster information

From: Disease transmission and mass gatherings: a case study on meningococcal infection during Hajj

Clusters

Country or territories

Carriage rate (%)

Source

Cluster 1: Mecca

Mecca (Hajj city)

4.2 [2.0, 17.8]

Calibrated

Cluster 2: KSA outside Mecca

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hajj country) except Mecca

1.2 [0.5, 3.2]

Calibrated

Cluster 3: High transmission

African meningitis belt countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African, Republic,Chad, Ivory Coast, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo)

6.3

[19]

Cluster 4: Medium transmission

South Africa, Asia (except Turkey, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, China), Arabic Non-GCC

4.0

[19]

Cluster 5: Low transmission

Gulf Cooperation Council countries (except KSA), Europe, Americas, Australia, Turkey, Malaysia, The Philippines, Indonesia, Russia, China

2.0

[19]