Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8738835 | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Preventative vaccination policies for high-risk groups should be based on current disease data in individual countries, supplemented by carriage data. Meningococcal carriage studies and disease surveillance are critical for determining the local epidemiology, populations responsible for disease transmission, and the need for targeted vaccination.
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Authors
Meagan E. Peterson, Rebecca Mile, You Li, Harish Nair, Moe H. Kyaw,