Open AccessVaccination campaign for meningococcal disease in a rural area in the Netherlands - January 1998
Author(s) -
Jim van Steenbergen,
A. G. Kraayeveld,
Lodewijk Spanjaard
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.02.00085-en
Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , meningococcal disease , vaccination , outbreak , meningococcal vaccine , medicine , neisseriaceae , meningococcal infections , meningococcal meningitis , environmental health , virology , pediatrics , immunization , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , antigen , genetics , bacteria
Neisseria meningitidis group C regularly causes epidemics in schools, universities, and army units, and in the past decade community outbreaks have been reported. Since a safe and effective polysaccharide vaccine is available the issue arises repeatedly