2720. Potential Public Health Impact of a Pentavalent vaccine targeting Neisseria meningitidis Serogroups A, B, C, W, and Y

2019 
Background In the United States, most invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is caused by serogroup B, followed by C, W, and Y. ACIP recommends universal vaccination against MenACWY (Category A) and MenB based on individual clinical decision-making (Category B) (Figure 1). In 2017, MenACWY vaccine uptake among adolescents was 44.3% for ≥2 doses and MenB uptake was 14.5% for ≥1 dose of a multi-dose series. A pentavalent vaccine (MenABCWY or Penta) has the potential to simplify immunization schedules and improve uptake to achieve further reductions in IMD. Our objective was to estimate the potential public health impact of Penta.
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