Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccination of military recruits in Israel: Preliminary assessment of vaccine effect

Daniel Mimouni; Michael Gdalevich; Yosef Mandel; Moti Haim; Isaac Ashkenazi; Joshua Shemer; Colin Block

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Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccination of military recruits in Israel: Preliminary assessment of vaccine effect

Daniel Mimouni, Michael Gdalevich, Yosef Mandel, Moti Haim, Isaac Ashkenazi, Joshua Shemer, Colin Block

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Meningococcal disease in the Israel Defense Force is caused mainly by serogroups C and Y. Immunization of recruits with quadrivalent polysaccharide vaccine was introduced in November 1994. The person-time incidence rate dropped from 1.33 cases per 100,000 person-years for the preceding decade to 0 for the 32 months following immunization (p = 0.025).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	263-264
Number of pages	2
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365549850160909
State	Published - 20 Oct 1998
Externally published	Yes

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General Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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