Impact of meningococcal vaccination with combined serogroups A and C polysaccharide vaccine on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis C
| Autor: | S. Fernández, J. A. Vázquez, I. Santiago, A. Malvar, L. Arreaza, S. Berrón, X. Hervada |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Microbiology (medical) Adolescent Meningococcal Vaccines Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C medicine.disease_cause Meningococcal disease Microbiology Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A medicine Humans Child biology business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Neisseria meningitidis Vaccination General Medicine C polysaccharide biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Meningococcal Infections Carriage Immunization Spain Child Preschool Carrier State Female Neisseriaceae business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Microbiology. 52:75-77 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5644 0022-2615 |
| DOI: | 10.1099/jmm.0.04927-0 |
| Popis: | Two studies of meningococcal carriage state were carried out in Galicia (Spain) before and after a mass vaccination campaign between December 1996 and January 1997 against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C with meningococcal serogroups A and C polysaccharide vaccine. The studies covered two areas with different incidence rates of meningococcal disease in 1996 (high and low incidence). Carriage rates of serogroup C showed a decrease in both areas, 47 and 65 % respectively, before and after the vaccination. Results showed a decrease in carrier state in the age groups 10-14- and 15-19-year-olds, but not in the 5-9-year-olds. These results demonstrate the effect of immunization on the reduction of the carriage state. |
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