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

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...

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Autores principales: Campbell, Helen, Edelstein, Michael, Andrews, Nick, Borrow, Ray, Ramsay, Mary, Ladhani, Shamez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28409739
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170236
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author Campbell, Helen
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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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spelling pubmed-55124802017-07-19 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5512480/ /pubmed/28409739 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170236 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Borrow, Ray
Ramsay, Mary
Ladhani, Shamez
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title Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
title_full Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
title_fullStr Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
title_full_unstemmed Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
title_short Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
title_sort emergency meningococcal acwy vaccination program for teenagers to control group w meningococcal disease, england, 2015–2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512480/
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