The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection

• Main Authors: Ray Borrow (Author), Pedro Alarcón (Author), Josefina Carlos (Author), Dominique A. Caugant (Author), Hannah Christensen (Author), Roberto Debbag (Author), Philippe De Wals (Author), Gabriela Echániz-Aviles (Author), Jamie Findlow (Author), Chris Head (Author), Daphne Holt (Author), Hajime Kamiya (Author), Samir K Saha (Author), Sergey Sidorenko (Author), Muhamed-Kheir Taha (Author), Caroline Trotter (Author), Julio A. Vázquez Moreno (Author), Anne von Gottberg (Author), Marco A. P. Sáfadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The 2015 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting discussed the global importance of meningococcal disease (MD) and its continually changing epidemiology. Areas covered: Although recent vaccination programs have been successful in reducing incidence in many countries (e.g. Neisser...