title: Prospects for eradication of meningococcal disease.
abstract: Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia remain a serious global health threat. This review focuses on the epidemiology of meningococcal disease following the recent implementation of effective vaccines and the potential utility of a vaccine against serogroup B meningococcus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, St Marys Hospital, Praed Street, London, UK. s.nadel@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nadel
mesh_terms: D060740:Disease Eradication; D006801:Humans; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D038541:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines