Abstract:Background
Immunization is an important public health intervention worldwide, since it helps preventing, controlling, eradicating and reducing the number of death cases resulting from immunopreventable diseases. Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine (MenC) was made available for children under 2 years old due to significant increase in the number and rate of meningococcal disease (MD) serogroup C cases in Brazil, which recorded outbreaks in different regions. Identifying regions with low MenC vaccine application … Show more
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