Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the meningococcal C conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of meningococcal C disease in Greece. Data from the National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal Disease and a questionnaire distributed to Greek paediatricians were assessed. Since the introduction of the vaccine in 2001, 72\% of Greek paediatricians have administered it as one single dose to patients aged \textgreater or =12 months. This vaccination scheme has probably contributed to a dramatic decrease in the number of meningococcal C infections, which reached zero in 2004.
- adolescent,
- c
- child,
- greece,
- humans,
- immunization
- immunization,
- infant,
- infections,
- mass
- meningitidis,
- meningococcal
- neisseria
- preschool,
- schedule,
- serogroup
- vaccines,
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