Mass vaccination campaign following community outbreak of meningococcal disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1398-1403

  Krause, Gérard ^a,b,d   Blackmore, Carina ^b   Wiersma, Steven ^b   Lesneski, Cheryll ^c   Gauch, Laurey ^c   Hopkins, Richard S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Putnam County Health Department   (United States)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MENOMMUNE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036909505     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.040421     Document Type: Article

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