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Targeted vaccination of teenagers following continued rapid endemic expansion of a single meningococcal group W clone (sequence type 11 clonal complex), United Kingdom 2015.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 16 Jul 2015
Campbell H, Saliba V, Borrow R, Ramsay M, Ladhani S N
Abstract excerpt
Since the epidemiological year 2009/10, the United Kingdom has experienced a year-on-year increase in meningococcal group W (MenW) disease due to rapid expansion of a single endemic hyper-virulent strain belonging to sequence type 11 clonal complex (cc). This strain was identified among cases diagnosed across all regions and was not linked to travel abroad. Consequently, an adolescent MenACWY conjugate...
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