1999EurosurveillanceOpen access

Vaccination campaign for meningococcal disease in a rural area in the Netherlands - January 1998

Jim van Steenbergen, A. G. Kraayeveld, Lodewijk Spanjaard

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Neisseria meningitidis group C regularly causes epidemics in schools, universities, and army units, and in the past decade community outbreaks have been reported. Since a safe and effective polysaccharide vaccine is available the issue arises repeatedly

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Neisseria meningitidis group C regularly causes epidemics in schools, universities, and army units, and in the past decade community outbreaks have been reported. Since a safe and effective polysaccharide vaccine is available the issue arises repeatedly

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Neisseria meningitidis group C regularly causes epidemics in schools, universities, and army units, and in the past decade community outbreaks have been reported. Since a safe and effective polysaccharide vaccine is available the issue arises repeatedly

Key concepts: Neisseria meningitidis, Meningococcal disease, Vaccination, Outbreak, Meningococcal vaccine, Medicine, Neisseriaceae, Meningococcal Infections

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