1. Rise in Group W Meningococcal Carriage in University Students, United Kingdom.
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Oldfield NJ, Cayrou C, AlJannat MAK, Al-Rubaiawi AAA, Green LR, Dada S, Steels OD, Stirrup C, Wanford J, Atwah BAY, Bayliss CD, and Turner DPJ
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- Adolescent, Carrier State, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Mass Vaccination, Meningitis, Meningococcal immunology, Meningitis, Meningococcal microbiology, Meningitis, Meningococcal prevention & control, Neisseria meningitidis classification, Neisseria meningitidis immunology, Neisseria meningitidis isolation & purification, Serogroup, Students, United Kingdom epidemiology, Universities, Young Adult, Antigens, Bacterial blood, Meningitis, Meningococcal epidemiology, Meningococcal Vaccines administration & dosage, Neisseria meningitidis genetics
- Abstract
MenACWY conjugate vaccination was recently introduced in the United Kingdom for adolescents and young adults to reduce disease from infection by Neisseria meningitidis group W. We conducted a cross-sectional meningococcal carriage study in first-year UK university students. Despite 71% MenACWY vaccine coverage, carriage of group W increased substantially.
- Published
- 2017
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