Limited impact of adolescent meningococcal ACWY vaccination on Neisseria meningitides serogroup W carriage in university students

Background In the UK rising disease levels due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W clonal complex ST-11 (MenW:cc11) strains led to introduction of conjugate MenACWY vaccination for teenagers. We investigated the impact of immunization on carriage of targeted meningococci by whole genome sequenc...

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Main Authors: Oldfield, Neil J., Green, Luke R., Parkhill, Julian, Bayliss, Christopher D., Turner, David P.J.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48158/