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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBayes TheoremFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMeningococcal InfectionsMeningococcal VaccinesUnited StatesVaccines, ConjugateYoung AdultConceptsInvasive 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