Emergency vaccination against epidemic meningitis in Ghana: implications for the control of meningococcal disease in West Africa

Uses data from an outbreak of meningococcal disease in northern Ghana in 1997 to assess the potential effect of different vaccination strategies. Suggests that prevention of epidemics of meningococcal disease in west Africa will be difficult until long-lasting conjugate vaccines capable of interrupt...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 1; pp. 30 - 33
Main Authors:	Woods, C W, Armstrong, G, Sackey, S O, Tetteh, C, Bugri, S, Perkins, B A, Rosenstein, N E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-01-2000
Subjects:	Epidemics Factors Immunization Meningitis Prevention West Africa
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Summary:	Uses data from an outbreak of meningococcal disease in northern Ghana in 1997 to assess the potential effect of different vaccination strategies. Suggests that prevention of epidemics of meningococcal disease in west Africa will be difficult until long-lasting conjugate vaccines capable of interrupting transmission of Neisseria meningitidis can be incorporated into routine infant-immunisation schedules. Until then, concludes that the strategy of surveillance and response advocated by WHO is as effective and more practical than a strategy of routine childhood and adult vaccination with currently available polysaccharide vaccines. (Original abstract - amended)
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ISSN:	0140-6736