Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016

Campbell, Helen; Edelstein, Michael; Andrews, Nick; Borrow, Ray; Ramsay, Mary; Ladhani, Shamez

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Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016

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Jul 15 2017
By Campbell, Helen ; Edelstein, Michael ; Andrews, Nick ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Campbell, Helen ; Edelstein, Michael ; Andrews, Nick ; Borrow, Ray ; Ramsay, Mary ; Ladhani, Shamez
Description:

During the first 12 months of an emergency meningococcal ACWY vaccination program for teenagers in England, coverage among persons who left school in 2015, the first cohort to be vaccinated, was 36.6%. There were 69% fewer group W meningococcal cases than predicted by trend analysis and no cases in vaccinated teenagers.
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Bacteria Dispatch Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program For Teenagers To Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016 England Epidemiology Expedited Group W Meningococcal Disease MenACWY Meningitis/encephalitis Meningococcal ACWY Conjugate Vaccine Meningococcal Infections Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria Meningitides Outbreak Serogroup W-135 Teenagers Vaccination
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Emerg Infect Dis. 23(7):1184-1187.
Pubmed ID:

28409739
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5512480
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

23
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:1f47d382b04a69fb4ecc40a1866738114f4b76c6587e1cf118469ef92357b1de
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