A critical appraisal of the recommendations for the use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines
Author(s) -
Marco Aurélio Palazzi Sáfadi,
Eitan Naaman Berezin,
Gabriel Wolf Oselka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jornal de pediatria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1678-4782
pISSN - 0021-7557
DOI - 10.2223/jped.2167
Subject(s) - medicine , herd immunity , meningococcal vaccine , meningococcal disease , immunization , incidence (geometry) , vaccination , population , epidemiology , outbreak , conjugate vaccine , immunology , pediatrics , environmental health , neisseria meningitidis , virology , antibody , genetics , physics , biology , bacteria , optics
To assess the epidemiology of meningococcal disease (MD) in Brazil and the impact that recent evidence and lessons learned from the introduction of meningococcal C conjugate (MCC) vaccines into immunization programs may have on different strategies of vaccine use.
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