New research forecasts a resurgence of meningitis A epidemics in 15 years should immunization efforts stall Five years after the introduction of an affordable conjugate meningitis A vaccine, immunization has led to the control and near elimination of deadly meningitis A disease in the African “meningitis belt.” In 2013, only four laboratory-confirmed cases of meningitis A…
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