2025
Assessing the impact of revising MenACWY vaccination schedule for adolescents in the United States: a modelling study
Shoukat A, Wells C, Shin T, Potter-Schwartz L, Galvani A, Moghadas S. Assessing the impact of revising MenACWY vaccination schedule for adolescents in the United States: a modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025, 44: 101033. PMID: 40046840, PMCID: PMC11880592, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive meningococcal diseaseInvasive meningococcal disease casesVaccination scheduleVaccine uptakeAlternative schedulesMenACWY vaccination programCase fatality rateHigh-risk adolescentsVaccine introductionBooster doseIMD casesSerogroup CCompare outcomesMenACWY vaccineAsymptomatic infectionImmunization PracticesMeningococcal diseaseVaccine effectivenessIMD incidenceDoseSerogroups AVaccineStudy periodVaccination programIncrease vaccine uptake
2024
Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccine and Invasive Meningococcal Disease in US Adolescents and Young Adults
Shin T, Wells C, Shoukat A, Potter-Schwartz L, Langevin E, Langley J, Galvani A, Moghadas S. Quadrivalent Conjugate Vaccine and Invasive Meningococcal Disease in US Adolescents and Young Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2443551. PMID: 39504021, PMCID: PMC11541638, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive meningococcal diseaseInvasive meningococcal disease casesCases of invasive meningococcal diseaseQuadrivalent conjugate vaccineUS adolescentsMeningococcal diseaseConjugate vaccineMenACWY vaccineIncidence rates of invasive meningococcal diseasePrevention of invasive meningococcal diseaseIncidence rateBurden of meningococcal diseaseUS adolescent populationUS populationYoung adultsImmunization of adolescentsIncidence of invasive meningococcal diseaseBayesian hierarchical Poisson regression modelsDecision analytical studyRate of invasive meningococcal diseaseMenACWY vaccination programUnvaccinated individualsDecision analytic modelHierarchical Poisson regression modelYears of age
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