Enter B and W: two new meningococcal vaccine programmes launched.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26672098.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308928 and PMC identifier 4717420.
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Abstract
In 2015, the UK became the first country in the world to have a comprehensive routine meningococcal vaccine programme targeting all of the main capsular groups of N. meningitidis. 1 An infant vaccine programme against meningococcal capsular group B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB) was launched from 1st September with an aim to reduce endemic MenB disease in early childhood. On 1st August 2015, an adolescent programme against groups A, C, W and Y meningococci (MenACWY) was rolled out to halt a growing outbreak of capsular group W disease (MenW) caused by a hypervirulent clone of N. meningitidis, in addition to maintaining control against MenC disease provided by the current adolescent programme. 2.
Medical subject headings
- Immunization Programs
- Meningococcal Infections
- Meningococcal Vaccines