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

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

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 vacci...

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Main Authors: Neil J. Oldfield, Caroline Cayrou, Mahab A.K. AlJannat, Ali A.A. Al-Rubaiawi, Luke R. Green, Shehzan Dada, Oliver D. Steels, Christopher Stirrup, Joe Wanford, Banan A.Y. Atwah, Christopher D. Bayliss, David P.J. Turner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Neisseria meningitidis
meningitis/encephalitis
carrier state
students
meningococcus
serogroup W-135
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1768_article

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