Quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines

Autor: David Pace, Andrew J. Pollard, Nancy E. Messonier
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Vaccine. 27(SUPPL. 2)
ISSN: 1873-2518
0264-410X
Popis: Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia with most disease caused by meningococci bearing serogroups A, B, C, Y and W-135 polysaccharides. Monovalent serogroup C conjugate vaccines have become established in the immunisation programmes in many countries and the first quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine, containing the polysaccharides from 4 of the serogroups A, C, Y and W-135 meningococci conjugated to a protein carrier was licensed in the US in 2005. This vaccine and others in development offer the potential to broaden population protection against meningococcal disease.
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