The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: Epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk populations

The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: Epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk populations

Introduction: The 2018 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting focused on evolving invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) epidemiology, surveillance, and protection strategies worldwide, with emphasis on emerging antibiotic resistance and protection of high-risk populations. The GMI is comprised...

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Main Authors: Reinaldo Acevedo, Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Dominique A. Caugant, Josefina Carlos, Mehmet Ceyhan, Hannah Christensen, Yanet Climent, Philippe De Wals, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Gabriela Echaniz-Aviles, Ahmed Hakawi, Hajime Kamiya, Andromachi Karachaliou, Jay Lucidarme, Susan Meiring, Konstantin Mironov, Marco A. P. Sáfadi, Zhujun Shao, Vinny Smith, Robert Steffen, Bianca Stenmark, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Caroline Trotter, Julio A. Vázquez, Bingqing Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Expert Review of Vaccines
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
bacterial meningitis
conjugate vaccine
epidemiology
immunization program
meningococcal disease
neisseria meningitidis
polysaccharide vaccine
serogroup
surveillance
vaccine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2019.1557520

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14760584.2019.1557520

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