The impact of introducing meningococcal C/ACWY booster vaccination among adolescents in Germany: a dynamic transmission modelling study.
| Title: | The impact of introducing meningococcal C/ACWY booster vaccination among adolescents in Germany: a dynamic transmission modelling study. |
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| Authors: | Günther F; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany. guentherf@rki.de.; Reinacher U; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Chisholm S; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Griskaitis M; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Höhle M; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Scholz S; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Schönfeld V; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Wichmann O; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Harder T; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany.; Sandmann FG; Immunization Unit, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany. |
| Source: | BMC infectious diseases [BMC Infect Dis] 2026 Jan 12; Vol. 26 (1), pp. 176. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jan 12. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968551 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2334 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712334 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE; In Process |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| Competing Interests: | Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Due to the aggregated nature of the data, no personal patient information was disclosed and no informed consent or ethics approval was necessary for this study. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: All authors declare that they have no competing interests, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper. After completing his work on the project, co-author S.S. changed his affiliation and is now an employee of Moderna Germany GmbH. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Infectious disease modelling; Simulation; Vaccination strategies |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260113 Latest Revision: 20260131 |
| Update Code: | 20260131 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12849459 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12879-025-12457-2 |
| PMID: | 41527042 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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