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- Title
Changes in Neisseria meningitidis disease epidemiology in the United States, 1998-2007: implications for prevention of meningococcal disease.
- Authors
Cohn, Amanda C; MacNeil, Jessica R; Harrison, Lee H; Hatcher, Cynthia; Theodore, Jordan; Schmidt, Mark; Pondo, Tracy; Arnold, Kathryn E; Baumbach, Joan; Bennett, Nancy; Craig, Allen S; Farley, Monica; Gershman, Ken; Petit, Susan; Lynfield, Ruth; Reingold, Arthur; Schaffner, William; Shutt, Kathleen A; Zell, Elizabeth R; Mayer, Leonard W; Clark, Thomas; Stephens, David; Messonnier, Nancy E
- Abstract
In January 2005, a quadrivalent (serogroups A, C , Y, and W-135) meningococcal conjugate vaccine was licensed for use in adolescents. This report describes the epidemiologic features of meningococcal disease in the United States from January 1998 through December 2007, before and during implementation of adolescent quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccination.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2010, Vol 50, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/649209