Rise in carriage of group W meningococci in university students in United KingdomTools Oldfield, Neil J. and Cayrou, Caroline and AlJannat, Mahab A.K. and Al-Rubaiawi, Ali A.A. and Green, Luke R. and Dada, Shehzan and Steels, Oliver D. and Stirrup, Christopher and Wanford, Joe and Atwah, Banan A.Y. and Bayliss, Christopher D. and Turner, David P.J. (2017) Rise in carriage of group W meningococci in university students in United Kingdom. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23 (6). pp. 1009-1011. ISSN 1080-6059 Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1768_article
AbstractMenACWY conjugate vaccination was recently introduced in the UK for adolescents and 24 young adults to reduce disease due to Neisseria meningitidis group W (MenW). We 25 conducted a cross-sectional carriage study in first year university students. Despite 71% 26 MenACWY vaccine coverage, carriage of MenW, but not MenY, rose significantly in 27 students.
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