This book offers an insight into the epidemiology of meningococci causing invasive disease in Scotland during 1999 to 2002 using high profile and high impact molecular characterisation tools such as Multi Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) and porA genosubtyping. It provides valuable data highlighting the effect the Meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine (MenC) has on serogroup C disease and its decline over the length of the vaccination campaign. At the same time, the overall number of cases has been monitored including the effect on serogroup B between 1999 and 2002. A decrease in serogroup C...