TY - JOUR AU - Gamougam, Kadidja AU - Daugla, Doumagoum AU - Toralta, Jacques AU - Ngadoua, Cyriaque AU - Fermon, Florence AU - Page, Anne-Laure AU - Djingarey, Mamoudou AU - Caugant, Dominique AU - Manigart, Olivier AU - Trotter, Caroline AU - Stuart, James AU - Greenwood, Brian T1 - Continuing Effectiveness of Serogroup A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Chad, 2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 1 SP - 115 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad. In 2012, the remaining Chad population was vaccinated, and the epidemic was halted. KW - meningitis KW - meningococcal KW - serogroup A KW - vaccine KW - Africa KW - bacteria KW - Chad DO - 10.3201/eid2101.140256 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/1/14-0256_article ER - End of Reference