grand rounds 09/11/2019 infectious disease

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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