The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: Epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk populations

• Main Authors: Reinaldo Acevedo (Author), Xilian Bai (Author), Ray Borrow (Author), Dominique A. Caugant (Author), Josefina Carlos (Author), Mehmet Ceyhan (Author), Hannah Christensen (Author), Yanet Climent (Author), Philippe De Wals (Author), Ener Cagri Dinleyici (Author), Gabriela Echaniz-Aviles (Author), Ahmed Hakawi (Author), Hajime Kamiya (Author), Andromachi Karachaliou (Author), Jay Lucidarme (Author), Susan Meiring (Author), Konstantin Mironov (Author), Marco A. P. Sáfadi (Author), Zhujun Shao (Author), Vinny Smith (Author), Robert Steffen (Author), Bianca Stenmark (Author), Muhamed-Kheir Taha (Author), Caroline Trotter (Author), Julio A. Vázquez (Author), Bingqing Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The 2018 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting focused on evolving invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) epidemiology, surveillance, and protection strategies worldwide, with emphasis on emerging antibiotic resistance and protection of high-risk populations. The GMI is comprised...