09/11/19 grand rounds
grand rounds: Prevent the preventable: Meningococcal disease and vaccine utilization
Prevent the preventable: Meningococcal disease and vaccine utilization
Originally presented on September 11, 2019
Presented by:
Sherman Alter, MD- Professor, Department of Pediatrics, WSU BSOM; Jerome B. Wiles Infectious Disease Endowed Chair, Division of Infectious Disease, Dayton Children’s Hospital
Objectives:
1.Review the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus).
2. Discuss utilization of meningococcal ACWY vaccines.
3. Assess recommendations for meningococcal B vaccines.
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