Impact of meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccines on pharyngeal carriage in adolescents: evidence for herd protection from the UK MenACWY programme

Peter James Carr, Jeremy; MacLennan, Jenny; Plested, Emma; B. Bratcher, Holly; B. Harrison, Odile; K. Aley, Parvinder; E. Bray, James; Camara, Susana; M.C. Rodrigues, Charlene; Davis, Kimberly; Bartolf, Angela; Baxter, David; Claire Cameron, J.; Cunningham, Richard; N. Faust, Saul; Fidler, Katy; Gowda, Rohit; T. Heath, Paul; Hughes, Stephen; Khajuria, Sujata; Orr, David; Raman, Mala; Smith, Andrew; P. J. Turner, David; Whittaker, Elizabeth; J. Williams, Christopher; Zipitis, Christos; J. Pollard, Andrew; Oliver, Jennifer; Morales‐Aza, Begonia; Lekshmi, Aiswarya; A. Clark, S.; Borrow, Ray; Christensen, Hannah; Trotter, Caroline; Finn, Adam; Maiden, Martin; D. Snape, Matthew; A. Jolley, Keith; Ford, Karen; Roberts, Hannah; Palmer, Karen; Suggitt, Debbie; Pemberton, Nicola; Ray, Samantha; Wootton, Mandy; Ladhani, Shamez; Owens, DR; Cathie, Katrina; Royal, Simon; J. Oldfield, Neil; Ure, Roisin; Richards, Jennifer; Ramsay, Rebecca; Thomson Hill, Samantha; Duale, Kaltun

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2022.07.004

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Impact of meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccines on pharyngeal carriage in adolescents: evidence for herd protection from the UK MenACWY programme

Published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection • Jul 13, 2022

Authors:

Jeremy Peter James Carr

Jenny MacLennan

Emma Plested

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Serogroup W and Y invasive meningococcal disease increased globally from 2000 onwards. Responding to a rapid increase in serogroup W clonal complex 11 (W:cc11) invasive meningococcal disease, the UK replaced an adolescent booster dose of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine with quadrivalent...

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Carriage

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Meningococcal vaccine

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