The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection

The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection

Introduction: The 2015 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting discussed the global importance of meningococcal disease (MD) and its continually changing epidemiology. Areas covered: Although recent vaccination programs have been successful in reducing incidence in many countries (e.g. Neisser...

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Main Authors: Ray Borrow, Pedro Alarcón, Josefina Carlos, Dominique A. Caugant, Hannah Christensen, Roberto Debbag, Philippe De Wals, Gabriela Echániz-Aviles, Jamie Findlow, Chris Head, Daphne Holt, Hajime Kamiya, Samir K Saha, Sergey Sidorenko, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Caroline Trotter, Julio A. Vázquez Moreno, Anne von Gottberg, Marco A. P. Sáfadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-04-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
Subjects:
epidemiology
global meningococcal initiative
meningococcal disease
menw
neisseria meningitidis
outbreaks
prevention
serogroups
surveillance
vaccination
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2017.1258308

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