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Our aim was to evaluate Greek students planning to study abroad about their level of meningococcal disease awareness and attitudes and practices towards meningococcal vaccination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_ijamh-2017-0016_s_998_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b2Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d3514726e32419_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b2aAa\">Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We studied 231 Greek ERASMUS students using a questionnaire.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_ijamh-2017-0016_s_997_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b3Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d3514726e32428_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b3aAa\">Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Students had a mean number of 4.1 correct answers out of six questions. In particular 66.5% 79.3%, 72.3% and 82.3% of them answered correctly about the etiology, transmission, epidemiology and treatment of meningococcal disease, respectively. Only 23.4% were vaccinated, whereas 14.7% were planning to do so in the near future. Students who answered correctly \u22655 questions were more likely to be male, vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis and science students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"j_ijamh-2017-0016_s_996_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b4Aa\">\n                    <jats:title id=\"d3514726e32437_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c16b4aAa\">Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found an overall good level of knowledge about meningococcal disease among Greek students planning to study or already studying abroad. Knowledge about meningococcal disease was associated with vaccine uptake. 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