title: Vaccination against meningococcal disease in Europe: review and recommendations for the use of conjugate vaccines.
abstract: At the end of 2005, six European countries had implemented public immunization campaigns with serogroup C conjugate vaccines, and all had experienced substantial declines in the incidence of serogroup C disease. A quadrivalent ACWY meningococcal vaccine is in use in the USA, but serogroup A is extremely rare in Europe and serogroups Y and W135 are infrequent causes of disease. This paper outlines recommendations on the use of conjugate vaccines in Europe based on the experience with meningococcal C conjugate (MCC) vaccines so far.
authors.affiliation: Immunization Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London, UK.
authors.forename: Caroline L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ramsay
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology*; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate; C410218:serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine