Addressing the Challenges of Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease Outbreaks on Campuses

Authors :: William Schaffner
Paul A. Offit
James C. Turner
Lynn Bozof
Carol J. Baker
Jeffrey Engel
Source :: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 22:245-252
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014.
Abstract: Recent outbreaks of serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease on US college campuses have heightened awareness about the gap in available vaccines to protect against this serious and sometimes fatal infection. Federal agencies, college health authorities, public health officials, and consum

Subjects :: Microbiology (medical)
College health
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Public health
Outbreak
Meningococcal disease
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Invasive meningococcal disease
Family medicine
Immunology
Medicine
business

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