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Effectiveness of the meningococcal vaccination programme for British Armed Forces recruits
B P Bergman1, J C Hayton, A D Green
1Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Health Unit, Army Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defence, Keogh Barracks, Ash Vale, Aldershot, Hampshire GU12 5RR.
Communicable Disease and Public Health
|March 31, 2001
Abstract:
After several clusters of meningococcal disease arose among recruits to the British Armed Forces, vaccination against A + C meningococcal disease was introduced for military recruits in 1992. From 1993 onwards, no further clusters of group C infection were reported and incidence of meningococcal disease among trained soldiers fell, but there was no significant reduction in the overall incidence of meningococcal disease in recruits.