Effectiveness analyses may underestimate protection of infants after group C meningococcal immunization

Background. Group C meningococcal conjugate-vaccine effectiveness in the United Kingdom declines from ~90% in the first year to 0% between 1 and 4 years after immunization in infants immunized at 2, 3, and 4 months of age and to 61% in toddlers given a single dose. Confidence intervals are wide, and...

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Main Authors: Vu, D, Kelly, D, Heath, P, McCarthy, N, Pollard, A, Granoff, D
Other Authors: Infectious Diseases Society of America
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2006
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