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Meningococcal vaccines in Australia: a 2019 update. [PDF]
Sharma K, Chiu C, Wood N.
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Correction: Protection against <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i> induced by OMV-based meningococcal vaccines are associated with cross-species directed humoral and cellular immune responses. [PDF]
Zhu W +12 more
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Clonal analysis of meningococci during a 26 year period prior to the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C vaccines [PDF]
Meningococcal disease remains a public health burden in the UK and elsewhere. Invasive Neisseria meningitidis, isolated in Scotland between 1972 and 1998, were characterised retrospectively to examine the serogroup and clonal structure of the circulating
Clarke, Stuart C. +3 more
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Current status and challenges of meningococcal vaccines development in China
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)
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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The successful introduction of a protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine against serogroup C meningococci into the UK infant immunization schedule, in combination with a catch-up campaign for individuals less than 18 years of age, has seen virtually all group C disease eliminated in childhood.
Bethell, D, Pollard, A
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Meningococcal Vaccinations [PDF]
Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcal bacterium, is a common asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonizer that may infrequently lead to invasive disease in the form of meningitis or bacteremia. Six serogroups (A, B, C, W, X and Y) are responsible for the majority of invasive infections.
Crum-Cianflone, Nancy, Sullivan, Eva
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The 5 major pathogenic serogroups of the Gram-negative encapsulated bacterium Neisseria meningitidis are A, B, C, Y, and W135. In the 1960s, vaccines consisting of purified capsular polysaccharide antigens were developed against serogroups A, C, Y, and W135.
Rüggeberg, J, Pollard, A
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Meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccines [PDF]
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infections worldwide. For this reason, efforts to control the disease have been directed at optimizing meningococcal vaccines and implementing appropriate vaccination policies. In the past, plain polysaccharide vaccines containing purified capsular polysaccharides A, C, Y and W135 were ...
GASPARINI, ROBERTO, PANATTO, DONATELLA
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Promising pharmaceutical development of vaccines for the prevention of meningococcal infection
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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