Changes inNeisseria meningitidisDisease Epidemiology in the United States, 1998–2007: Implications for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease | Zendy

Amanda Cohn | Zendy; Jessica R. MacNeil | Zendy; Lee H. Harrison | Zendy; Cynthia Hatcher | Zendy; Jordan M. Theodore | Zendy; Mark A. Schmidt | Zendy; Tracy Pondo | Zendy; Kathryn E. Arnold | Zendy; Jan Baumbach | Zendy; Nancy M. Bennett | Zendy; Allen S. Craig | Zendy; Monica M. Farley | Zendy; Ken Gershman | Zendy; Susan Petit | Zendy; Ruth Lynfield | Zendy; Arthur Reingold | Zendy; William Schaffner | Zendy; Kathleen A. Shutt | Zendy; Elizabeth R. Zell | Zendy; Leonard W. Mayer | Zendy; Thomas A. Clark | Zendy; David S. Stephens | Zendy; Nancy E. Messonnier | Zendy

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Changes inNeisseria meningitidisDisease Epidemiology in the United States, 1998–2007: Implications for Prevention of Meningococcal Disease

Author(s) -

Amanda Cohn,

Jessica R. MacNeil,

Lee H. Harrison,

Cynthia Hatcher,

Jordan M. Theodore,

Mark A. Schmidt,

Tracy Pondo,

Kathryn E. Arnold,

Jan Baumbach,

Nancy M. Bennett,

Allen S. Craig,

Monica M. Farley,

Ken Gershman,

Susan Petit,

Ruth Lynfield,

Arthur Reingold,

William Schaffner,

Kathleen A. Shutt,

Elizabeth R. Zell,

Leonard W. Mayer,

Thomas A. Clark,

David S. Stephens,

Nancy E. Messonnier

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/649209

Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , meningococcal disease , medicine , incidence (geometry) , meningococcal vaccine , epidemiology , population , conjugate vaccine , vaccination , confidence interval , pediatrics , immunology , immunization , environmental health , antigen , bacteria , biology , genetics , physics , optics

In January 2005, a quadrivalent (serogroups A, C , Y, and W-135) meningococcal conjugate vaccine was licensed for use in adolescents. This report describes the epidemiologic features of meningococcal disease in the United States from January 1998 through December 2007, before and during implementation of adolescent quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccination.

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