A new era in meningitis prevention: implications of Nigeria's 5-in-1 vaccine rollout

Ayush Anand^{1

2}, Amogh Verma³, Nathnael A Woldehana^{4

5}, Prakasini Satapathy^{6

7}, Rakesh K Sharma^{8

9}, Divya Sharma¹⁰, Mithhil Arora¹¹, Mahalaqua N Khatib¹², Shilpa Gaidhane¹³, Quazi S Zahiruddin¹⁴, Sarvesh Rustagi¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
² MediSurg Research, Darbhanga.
³ Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Hapur.
⁴ Myungsunng Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai.
⁷ Medical Laboratories Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University, Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
⁸ Graphic Era (Deemed to be University).
⁹ Graphic Era Hill University, Clement Town.
¹⁰ Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
¹¹ Chitkara Centre for Research and Development, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh.
¹² Division of Evidence Synthesis.
¹³ One Health Centre (COHERD), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education, Wardha.
¹⁴ South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN), Division of Evidence Synthesis, Global Consortium of Public Health and Research.
¹⁵ School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

PMID: 38989189
PMCID: PMC11230733
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002199

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A new era in meningitis prevention: implications of Nigeria's 5-in-1 vaccine rollout

Ayush Anand et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2024.

. 2024 May 20;86(7):3820-3821.

doi: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002199. eCollection 2024 Jul.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
² MediSurg Research, Darbhanga.
³ Rama Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Hapur.
⁴ Myungsunng Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁶ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai.
⁷ Medical Laboratories Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University, Hillah, Babil, Iraq.
⁸ Graphic Era (Deemed to be University).
⁹ Graphic Era Hill University, Clement Town.
¹⁰ Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
¹¹ Chitkara Centre for Research and Development, Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh.
¹² Division of Evidence Synthesis.
¹³ One Health Centre (COHERD), Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education, Wardha.
¹⁴ South Asia Infant Feeding Research Network (SAIFRN), Division of Evidence Synthesis, Global Consortium of Public Health and Research.
¹⁵ School of Applied and Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

PMID: 38989189
PMCID: PMC11230733
DOI: 10.1097/MS9.0000000000002199

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The authors declared no conflicts of interest.Sponsorships or competing interests that may be relevant to content are disclosed at the end of this article.

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