Booster immunization of meningococcal meningitis vaccine among children in Hangzhou, China, 2014-2019

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 5; p. e0251567
• Main Authors: Che, Xinren, Liu, Yan, Wang, Jun, Xu, Yuyang, Zhang, Xuechao, Gu, Wenwen, Jiang, Wei, Du, Jian, Zhang, Xiaoping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 25.05.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Children; Demographic aspects; Disease control; Disease prevention; Epidemics; Immunization; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meningitis; Meningitis, Cerebrospinal; Mortality; People and Places; Polysaccharides; Prevention; Production capacity; Rural areas; Side effects; Vaccines; China; United States > US

Despite China's Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) provides 2 doses of group A and group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (MPV-AC) for children at 3 years and 6 years old, more self-paying group ACYW135 meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines (MPV-ACYW135) have been used as an alternati...