title: Enter B and W: two new meningococcal vaccine programmes launched.
abstract: In 2015, the UK became the first country in the world to have a comprehensive routine meningococcal vaccine programme targeting all of the main capsular groups of N. meningitidis. 1 An infant vaccine programme against meningococcal capsular group B Neisseria meningitidis (MenB) was launched from 1st September with an aim to reduce endemic MenB disease in early childhood. On 1st August 2015, an adolescent programme against groups A, C, W and Y meningococci (MenACWY) was rolled out to halt a growing outbreak of capsular group W disease (MenW) caused by a hypervirulent clone of N. meningitidis, in addition to maintaining control against MenC disease provided by the current adolescent programme. 2.
authors.affiliation: Immunisation Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: Shamez N
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-2476
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ladhani
authors.affiliation: Immunisation Department, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramsay
authors.affiliation: Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Public Health England, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borrow
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, London, UK.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Children's Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D006113:United Kingdom; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: C525703:MenACWY; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate
keywords: Immunisation; Infectious Diseases