Rise in Group W Meningococcal Carriage in University Students, United Kingdom

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Oldfield, Neil J. ; Cayrou, Caroline ; AlJannat, Mahab A.K. ; Al-Rubaiawi, Ali A.A. ; Green, Luke R. ; Dada, Shehzan ; Steels, Oliver D. ; Stirrup, Christopher ; Wanford, Joe ; Atwah, Banan A.Y. ; Bayliss, Christopher D. ; Turner, David P.J.
• Description:
  MenACWY conjugate vaccination was recently introduced in the United Kingdom for adolescents and young adults to reduce disease from infection by Neisseria meningitidis group W. We conducted a cross-sectional meningococcal carriage study in first-year UK university students. Despite 71% MenACWY vaccine coverage, carriage of group W increased substantially.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Antigens, Bacterial Carrier State Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Male Mass Vaccination Meningitis, Meningococcal Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup Students Universities Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(6):1009-1011.
• Pubmed ID:
  28518025
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5443439
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United Kingdom
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c8f02ae21b8e324d80faa57d0ebb786b21ac6abec338de36cda19bacac79c8bc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45980/cdc_45980_DS1.pdf
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