Meningococcal vaccines in China [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a reportable infectious disease in China, due to the high incidence of meningitis in the era before the availability of vaccines.
Yinghua Xu +5 more
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Exploring the Ability of Meningococcal Vaccines to Elicit Mucosal Immunity: Insights from Humans and Mice [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Neisseria meningitidis causes a devastating invasive disease but is also a normal colonizer of the human nasopharynx. Due to the rapid progression of disease, the best tool to protect individuals against meningococcal infections is immunization. Clinical
Elissa G. Currie, Scott D. Gray-Owen
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Systematic literature review on the safety and immunogenicity of rotavirus vaccines when co-administered with meningococcal vaccines [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 This study is aimed to review the published evidence on safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of rotavirus vaccines when co-administered with meningococcal vaccines in infants. A systematic literature search was performed in four databases containing peer-
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Concomitant administration of meningococcal vaccines with other vaccines in adolescents and adults: a review of available evidence [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), a rapidly progressing and potentially fatal illness, disproportionately affects adolescents and young adults. While IMD is best prevented by vaccination, vaccine uptake in these groups is low.
Justine Alderfer +6 more
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Suboptimal uptake of meningococcal vaccines among older adolescents: Barriers, solutions, and future research directions [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 Over the past 15 y, several vaccines have been added to the recommended immunization schedule for adolescents in the United States. In addition to annual influenza vaccination, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends tetanus ...
Linda M. Niccolai, Caitlin E. Hansen
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Meningococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Emerging Strategies
Vaccines, 2018 Neisseria meningitidis causes most cases of bacterial meningitis. Meningococcal meningitis is a public health burden to both developed and developing countries throughout the world.
Pumtiwitt C. McCarthy +2 more
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Current status and challenges of meningococcal vaccines development in China
Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 Vaccination is the most effective and economical way to prevent meningococcal meningitis. In the past few decades, with widespread use of meningococcal vaccines, the incidence of meningococcal meningitis has dropped significantly. There are some vaccines
Ying-hua XU, Ya-nan LI, Qiang YE
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World Experience in the Use Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccines (literature review)
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2022 Relevance. The success of vaccine prophylaxis of meningococcal infection depends on the composition and properties of vaccine preparations and the strict implementation of recommendations on vaccine prophylaxis tactics by the territorial epidemiological ...
I. S. Koroleva, M. A. Koroleva
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Promising pharmaceutical development of vaccines for the prevention of meningococcal infection
Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2023 Meningococcal infection (MI) refers to anthroponoses; is an acute infectious disease with an aerosol transmission mechanism, characterized by various forms of the infectious process: from local (nasopharyngitis) and asymptomatic infections to generalized
Maria V. Savkina +3 more
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mSphere, 2018 Neisseria meningitidis is a common cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults worldwide. The 4CMenB vaccine (Bexsero), developed to combat meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease, contains subcapsular antigens that may induce immunity ...
Robert M. Mulhall +12 more
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