The changing epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis after introduction of bivalent A/C polysaccharide vaccine into school-based vaccination programs in Egypt

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 3288-3293

  Nakhla, Isabelle ^a   Frenck Jr , Robert W ^a,f   Teleb, Nadia A ^b   El Oun, Said ^c   Sultan, Yehia ^d   Mansour, Hoda ^d   Mahoney, Francis ^a,e  

^a Box 5000   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^d ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

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

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Meningococcus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; VACCINATION;

EID: 17144363260     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.084     Document Type: Article

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