Journal article
Control of invasive meningococcal disease: is it achievable?
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Neisseria meningitidis still leads to deaths and severe disability in children, adolescents and adults. Six different capsular groups of N. meningitidis cause invasive meningococcal disease in the form of meningitis and septicaemia in humans. Although conjugate meningococcal vaccines have been developed to provide protection against four of the capsular groups causing most diseases in humans, vaccines against capsular group B, which causes 85% of cases in Australia and the United Kingdom, hav...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Accepted manuscript, pdf, 795.4KB)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000048
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 3-14
- Publication date:
- 2016-03-01
- DOI:
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1744-1609
- ISSN:
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1744-1595
- Source identifiers:
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531012
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- Language:
- English
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pubs:531012
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- Local pid:
- pubs:531012
- Deposit date:
- 2016-03-19
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- Copyright holder:
- The Joanna Briggs Institute
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 The Joanna Briggs Institute. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins at: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000048
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