Profile of Serogroup Y Meningococcal Infections in Canada: Implications for Vaccine Selection

Canada is a leader in establishing routine infant immunization programs against meningococcal C disease. Currently, all provinces have routine programs to provide meningococcal C conjugate vaccines to infants and children. The result of the existing programs has been a decrease in serogroup C incide...

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Main Authors:	Nicole Le Saux, Julie A Bettinger, Susan Wootton, Scott A Halperin, Wendy Vaudry, David W Scheifele, Raymond Tsang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2009-01-01
Series:	Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/871071
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