Use of an observational cohort study to estimate the effectiveness of the New Zealand group B meningococcal vaccine in children aged under 5 years | Zendy

Yvonne Galloway | Zendy; Paul A. StehrGreen | Zendy; Amanda McNicholas | Zendy; Jane O’Hallahan | Zendy

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Use of an observational cohort study to estimate the effectiveness of the New Zealand group B meningococcal vaccine in children aged under 5 years

Author(s) -

Yvonne Galloway,

Paul A. StehrGreen,

Amanda McNicholas,

Jane O’Hallahan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn228

Subject(s) - medicine , meningococcal disease , confidence interval , vaccination , meningococcal vaccine , epidemiology , pediatrics , cohort , population , vaccine efficacy , observational study , cohort study , immunization , relative risk , neisseria meningitidis , demography , immunology , environmental health , antigen , biology , sociology , bacteria , genetics

In July 2004 a strain-specific vaccine was introduced to combat an epidemic of group B meningococcal disease in New Zealand. We estimated the effectiveness of this vaccine in pre-school-aged children.

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