%0 Journal Article %1 kafetzis_meningococcal_2007 %A Kafetzis, D A %A Stamboulidis, K N %A Tzanakaki, G %A Kremastinou, J Kourea %A Skevaki, C L %A Konstantopoulos, A %A Tsolia, M %D 2007 %J Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases %K Adolescent, C Child, Greece, Humans, Immunization Immunization, Infant, Infections, Mass Meningococcal Neisseria Preschool, Schedule, Serogroup Vaccines, meningitidis, %N 5 %P 550--552 %R 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01704.x %T Meningococcal group C disease in Greece during 1993-2006: the impact of an unofficial single-dose vaccination scheme adopted by most paediatricians %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378929 %V 13 %X The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the meningococcal C conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of meningococcal C disease in Greece. Data from the National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal Disease and a questionnaire distributed to Greek paediatricians were assessed. Since the introduction of the vaccine in 2001, 72\% of Greek paediatricians have administered it as one single dose to patients aged \textgreater or =12 months. This vaccination scheme has probably contributed to a dramatic decrease in the number of meningococcal C infections, which reached zero in 2004.

@article{kafetzis_meningococcal_2007, abstract = {The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the meningococcal C conjugate vaccine on the epidemiology of meningococcal C disease in Greece. Data from the National Reference Laboratory for Meningococcal Disease and a questionnaire distributed to Greek paediatricians were assessed. Since the introduction of the vaccine in 2001, 72\% of Greek paediatricians have administered it as one single dose to patients aged {\textgreater} or =12 months. This vaccination scheme has probably contributed to a dramatic decrease in the number of meningococcal C infections, which reached zero in 2004.}, added-at = {2011-03-11T10:05:34.000+0100}, author = {Kafetzis, D A and Stamboulidis, K N and Tzanakaki, G and Kremastinou, J Kourea and Skevaki, C L and Konstantopoulos, A and Tsolia, M}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22bd48590f4bdb6a54a2c68b4dc27471d/jelias}, doi = {10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01704.x}, interhash = {33f2d01a886c83de599c0dad6958376a}, intrahash = {2bd48590f4bdb6a54a2c68b4dc27471d}, issn = {{1198-743X}}, journal = {Clinical Microbiology and Infection: The Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases}, keywords = {Adolescent, C Child, Greece, Humans, Immunization Immunization, Infant, Infections, Mass Meningococcal Neisseria Preschool, Schedule, Serogroup Vaccines, meningitidis,}, month = may, note = {{PMID:} 17378929}, number = 5, pages = {550--552}, shorttitle = {Meningococcal group C disease in Greece during 1993-2006}, timestamp = {2011-03-11T10:06:11.000+0100}, title = {Meningococcal group C disease in Greece during 1993-2006: the impact of an unofficial single-dose vaccination scheme adopted by most paediatricians}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17378929}, volume = 13, year = 2007 }