Vaccine Impact and Effectiveness of Meningococcal Serogroup ACWY Conjugate Vaccine Implementation in the Netherlands: A Nationwide Surveillance Study
Abstract Background In response to the recent serogroup W invasive meningococcal disease (IMD-W) epidemic in the Netherlands, meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) conjugate vaccination for children aged 14 months was replaced with a MenACWY conjugate vaccination, and a mass campaign targeting individuals aged 14–18 years was executed. We investigated the impact of MenACWY vaccination implementation in 2018–2020 on incidence rates and estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE). Methods We extracted IMD cases diagnosed between July 2014 and December 2020 from the national surveillance system. We calculate... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Clinical Infectious Diseases ; volume 74, issue 12, page 2173-2180 ; ISSN 1058-4838 1537-6591 |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Infectious Diseases / Microbiology (medical) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26834639 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab791 |