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Mass Antibiotic Treatment to Stop an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease: A Molecular Analysis
Authors: Katz LH, Zelazny A, Scharf S, et al
Source: Clin Microbiol Infect, September 2007; 13(9):943-946
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Notice to Readers: Revised Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Vaccinate All Persons Aged 11--18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Source: MMWR, August 10, 2007; 56(31):794-795
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Meningococcal Vaccines: To Eradicate the Disease, not the Bacterium
Authors: Taha MK, Alonso JM
Source: Hum Vaccin, July-August 2007; 3(4):149-153
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Clonal Waves of Neisseria Colonisation and Disease in the African Meningitis Belt: Eight-Year Longitudinal Study in Northern Ghana
Authors: Leimkugel J, Hodgson A, Forgor AA, et al
Source: PLoS Med, March 27, 2007; 4(3):e101
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General Recommendations on Immunization
Source: MMWR, December 1, 2006; 55(RR-15):1-48
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Notice to Readers: Recommendation to resume meningococcal vaccination of children aged 11-12 years
MMWR, November 3, 2006, Vol. 55(43):1177
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Prevention of Meningococcal Disease
Author: Gardner P
Source: N Engl J Med, October 5, 2006, Vol. 355: 1466-1473
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Multicenter Surveillance of Invasive Meningococcal Infections in Children
Authors: Kaplan SL, Schutze GE, Leake JA, et al
Source: Pediatrics, October 2006, Vol. 118(4):e979-984
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Inadvertent Misadministration of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine --- United States, June--August 2005
Source: MMWR, September 22, 2006, Vol. 55(37):1016-1017
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Notice to Readers: Limited Supply of Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Recommendation to Defer Vaccination of Persons Aged 11--12 Years
Source: MMWR, May 26, 2006 Vol. 55(20):567-568
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Update: Guillain-Barré Syndrome Among Recipients of Menactra® Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine --- United States, October 2005--February 2006
Source: MMWR, April 7, 2006, Vol. 55(13):364-366
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Antibody Persistence 3 Years after Immunization of Adolescents With Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Authors: Mitchell P, Dela Cruz JV, Granoff DM et al
Source: J Infect Dis, March 15, 2006, Vol. 193(6):821-882
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Population-Based Analysis of Meningococcal Disease Mortality in the United States: 1990-2002
Authors: Sharip A, Sorvillo F, Redelings MD, et al
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, March 2006, Vol. 25(3):191-194
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Prevention of Meningococcal Disease
Author: Kimmel SR
Source: Am Fam Physician, Nov. 15, 2005, Vol. 72(10):2049-2056
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome Among Recipients of Menactra® Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine --- United States, June--July 2005
Source: MMWR, October 14, 2005, Vol. 54(40):1023-1025
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Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Source: MMWR, May 27, 2005, Vol. 54(RR07):1-21
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Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations for Use of Meningococcal Vaccines in Pediatric Patients
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics, May 25, 2005
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Cost-effectiveness of Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccination Strategies in the United States
Authors: Shepard CW, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Scott RD 2nd, et al
Source: Pediatrics, May 2005, Vol. 115(5):1220-1232
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Meningococcal Vaccine: New Product, New Recommendations
Author: Campos-Outcalt D
Source: J Fam Pract, April 2005, Vol. 54(4):324-326
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Comparative Trial of the Safety and Immunogenicity of Quadrivalent (A, C, Y, W-135) Meningococcal Polysaccharide-diphtheria Conjugate Vaccine Versus Quadrivalent Polysaccharide Vaccine in Two- to Ten-year-old Children
Authors: Pichichero M, Casey J, Blatter M, et al
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, January 2005, Vol. 24(1):57-62
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Global Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease and Vaccine Efficacy
Author: Pollard AJ
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, December 2004, Vol. 23(12):S274-S279
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Meningococcal C Vaccines: The Canadian Experience
Author: De Wals P
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, December 2004, Vol. 23(12):S280-S284
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Meningococcal Vaccines
Author: Danzig L
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, December 2004, Vol. 23(12):S285-S292
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The Strategy to Control New Zealand's Epidemic of Group B Meningococcal Disease
Authors: O'Hallahan J, Lennon D, Oster P
Source: Pediatr Infect Dis J, December 2004, Vol. 23(12):S293-S298
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Cost-effectiveness of Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccination Strategies in the United States
Authors: Shepard CW, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Scott RD 2nd, et al
Source: Pediatrics, May 2005, Vol. 115(5):1220-1232
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The Rhode Island Meningitis Vaccine Experience--Mass Vaccination Campaigns, Politics and Health Policy
Author: Nolan P
Source: Med Health R I, March 2004, Vol. 87(3):65-67
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Opportunities for Control of Meningococcal Disease in the United States
Authors: Raghunathan PL, Bernhardt SA, Rosenstein NE
Source: Annu Rev Med, 2004, Vol. 55:333-353
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Meningococcus journal articles 2003-1991
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