Preventing meningococcal infection in college students.
The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults of high school and college age has recently increased in the United States. Recent studies indicate that certain groups of college students are at increased risk. This has led to the recent Advisory Committee Immunization Practices recommendation that college freshman dormitory residents be provided information about meningococcal infection and the benefits of vaccination. Future studies will need to focus on the potential vaccine prevention of the increased risk of meningococcal infection in persons of high school age, particularly as new conjugate meningococcal vaccines become available.
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Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine PA 15261, USA. lharriso@edc.gsph.pitt.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013333:Student Health Services; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines