Vaccine Preventability of Meningococcal Clone, Greater Aachen Region, Germany

Vaccine Preventability of Meningococcal Clone, Greater Aachen Region, Germany

Emergence of serogroup B meningococci of clonal complex sequence type (ST) 41/44 can cause high levels of disease, as exemplified by a recent epidemic in New Zealand. Multiplication of annual incidence rates (3.1 cases/100,000 population) of meningococcal disease in a defined German region, the city...

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Main Authors: Johannes Elias, Leo M. Schouls, Ingrid van de Pol, Wendy C. Keijzers, Diana R. Martin, Anne Glennie, Philipp Oster, Matthias Frosch, Ulrich Vogel, Arie van der Ende
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Meningococcal infections
meningococcal vaccine
bacterial typing techniques
outbreak
bacteria
Germany
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-1102_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-1102_article

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