Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Dispatch
Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015–2016
Helen Campbell
, Michael Edelstein, Nick Andrews, Ray Borrow, Mary Ramsay, and Shamez Ladhani
, Michael Edelstein, Nick Andrews, Ray Borrow, Mary Ramsay, and Shamez Ladhani
Table 1
Scheduling of meningococcal ACWY vaccination routines and 3-year catch-up vaccination programs, England*
| Birth cohort | School year (age, y, at end of 2014–15 academic year on 2015 Aug 31) | Earliest school year at time of vaccination and type of vaccine received |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | ||
| 2003 Sep 1–2004 Aug 31 | 6 (11) | NA | NA | NA | Y9 ACWY† |
| 2002 Sep 1–2003 Aug 31 | 7 (12) | NA | NA | Y9 ACWY† | ‡ |
| 2001 Sep 1–2002 Aug 31 | 8 (13) | NA | Y9 ACWY† | ‡ | ‡ |
| 2000 Sep 1–2001 Aug 31 | 9 (14) | Y9 MenC§ | NA | Y11 ACWY¶ | ‡ |
| 1999 Sep 1–2000 Aug 31 | 10 (15) | NA | Y11 ACWY¶ | ‡ | ‡ |
| 1998 Sep 1–1999 Aug 31 | 11 (16) | NA | NA | Y13 ACWY# | ‡ |
| 1997 Sep 1–1998 Aug 31 | 12 (17) | NA | Y13 ACWY# | ‡ | ‡ |
| 1996 Sep 1–1997 Aug 31 | 13 (18; those who left school in 2015) | Y13 ACWY# | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
*NA, not applicable; Y, year.
†New routine schedule MenACWY vaccination.
‡Completed MenACWY vaccination of cohort.
§Routine schedule MenC vaccination.
¶School-based MenACWY catch-up cohorts.
#General medical practice–based MenACWY catch-up cohorts.
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