Evaluating the effect of targeted strategies as control tools for hypervirulent meningococcal C outbreaks: a case study from Tuscany, Italy, 2015 to 2016
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DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2023.28.19.2200650
Abstract: Background Meningococcus (Neisseria meningitidis) is the causative bacteria of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a major cause of meningitis and sepsis. In 2015–16, an outbreak caused by serogroup C meningococci (MenC), belonging to the hyperinvasive strain… read more here.
Keywords: meningococcal outbreaks; vaccination; control; case ... See more keywords