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Limited Impact of Adolescent Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination on Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup W Carriage in University Students.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 30 Jan 2018
Oldfield Neil J, Green Luke R, Parkhill Julian, Bayliss Christopher D, Turner David P J
Abstract excerpt
Background: In the United Kingdom, rising levels of disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W clonal complex (cc) sequence type (ST) 11 (MenW:cc11) strains led to introduction of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY) for teenagers. We investigated the impact of immunization on carriage of meningococci targeted by the vaccine, using whole-genome sequencing of isolates recovered from a cohort of...
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