TY - GEN AU - Whittaker, Robert AU - Dias, Joana Gomes AU - Ramliden, Miriam AU - Ködmön, Csaba AU - Economopoulou, Assimoula AU - Beer, Netta AU - Pastore Celentano, Lucia AU - ECDC network members for invasive meningococcal disease AU - Cano-Portero, Rosa AU - Abad, Raquel PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.03.007 SN - 0264-410X UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/25509 AB - Background: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia although infection by some serogroups may be prevented through vaccination. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of IMD in EU/EEA countries... LA - eng PB - Elsevier KW - Epidemiology KW - Europe KW - Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - Serogroup KW - Surveillance KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Distribution KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - Europe KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - Infant KW - Male KW - Meningitis, Meningococcal KW - Meningococcal Vaccines KW - Middle Aged KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - Sepsis KW - Serogroup KW - Sex Distribution KW - Young Adult TI - The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in EU/EEA countries, 2004-2014 TY - research article ER -