Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
oleh: Helen Campbell, Michael Edelstein, Nick Andrews, Ray Borrow, Mary Ramsay, Shamez Ladhani
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07-01 |
Deskripsi
During the first 12 months of an emergency meningococcal ACWY vaccination program for teenagers in England, coverage among persons who left school in 2015, the first cohort to be vaccinated, was 36.6%. There were 69% fewer group W meningococcal cases than predicted by trend analysis and no cases in vaccinated teenagers.