Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2017)

Rise in Group W Meningococcal Carriage in University Students, United Kingdom

  • Neil J. Oldfield,
  • Caroline Cayrou,
  • Mahab A.K. AlJannat,
  • Ali A.A. Al-Rubaiawi,
  • Luke R. Green,
  • Shehzan Dada,
  • Oliver D. Steels,
  • Christopher Stirrup,
  • Joe Wanford,
  • Banan A.Y. Atwah,
  • Christopher D. Bayliss,
  • David P.J. Turner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2306.161768
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 6
pp. 1009 – 1011

Abstract

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MenACWY conjugate vaccination was recently introduced in the United Kingdom for adolescents and young adults to reduce disease from infection by Neisseria meningitidis group W. We conducted a cross-sectional meningococcal carriage study in first-year UK university students. Despite 71% MenACWY vaccine coverage, carriage of group W increased substantially.

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