Impact of Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccines on Carriage and Herd Immunity

Maiden, Martin; Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Ana; Urwin, Rachel; J. Gray, Stephen; Andrews, Nicholas; C. Clarke, Stuart; M Walker, A; Evans, M.R.; Simon Kroll, J.; Neal, Keith; A. A. Ala’Aldeen, Dlawer; W. Crook, Derrick; Cann, Kathryn; Harrison, Sarah; Cunningham, Richard; Baxter, David; B. Kaczmarski, Edward; MacLennan, Jenny; Claire Cameron, J.; M. Stuart, James

doi:10.1086/527401

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Impact of Meningococcal Serogroup C Conjugate Vaccines on Carriage and Herd Immunity

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Feb 13, 2008

Authors:

Martin Maiden

Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón

Rachel Urwin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 1999, meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MCC) vaccines were introduced in the United Kingdom for those under 19 years of age. The impact of this intervention on asymptomatic carriage of meningococci was investigated to establish whether serogroup replacement or protection by herd im...

Subject

Carriage

Herd immunity

Medicine

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