Open AccessPreliminary conclusions of the meeting of the working group of the Network Committee on invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C
Author(s) -
F van Loock,
Franz Karcher
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.29.01924-en
Subject(s) - neisseria meningitidis , meningococcal disease , neisseriaceae , vaccination , meningococcal infections , epidemiology , meningococcal vaccine , vaccination policy , medicine , disease , environmental health , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
A meeting was held with national experts in Luxembourg on 22 May 2002, with the objectives of exchanging information (a) on epidemiological trends in serogroup C invasive meningococcal disease (SCIMD), (b) on vaccination policies for SCIMD in individual countries and (c) on decision criteria used to choose particular vaccination policies.