Vaccination against meningococcal disease in Europe: Review and recommendations for the use of conjugate vaccines

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Trotter, Caroline L ^a,b   Ramsay, Mary E ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Europe; Meningococcal disease; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CRM 197; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MCV 4; MENINGOCOCCUS DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B TETANUS TOXOID VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS TETANUS TOXOID VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLE PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLE VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; QUADRIVALENT CONJUGATE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; EUROPE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 33846036518     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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