TY - JOUR AU - Oldfield, Neil AU - Cayrou, Caroline AU - AlJannat, Mahab A.K. AU - Al-Rubaiawi, Ali A.A. AU - Green, Luke AU - Dada, Shehzan AU - Steels, Oliver AU - Stirrup, Christopher AU - Wanford, Joe AU - Atwah, Banan A.Y. AU - Bayliss, Christopher AU - Turner, David P.J. T1 - Rise in Group W Meningococcal Carriage in University Students, United Kingdom T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 6 SP - 1009 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - meningitis/encephalitis KW - carrier state KW - students KW - meningococcus KW - serogroup W-135 KW - MenACWY KW - epidemiology KW - vaccine KW - bacteria KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid2306.161768 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/6/16-1768_article ER - End of Reference