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Emerging clinical experience with vaccines against group B meningococcal disease

Abstract:

The prevention of paediatric bacterial meningitis and septicaemia has recently entered a new era with the availability of two vaccines against capsular group B meningococcus (MenB). Both of these vaccines are based on sub-capsular proteins of the meningococcus, an approach that overcomes the challenges set by the poorly immunogenic MenB polysaccharide capsule but adds complexity to predicting and measuring the impact of their use.

This review describes the development and use of Men...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.056

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Paediatrics
Research group:
Oxford Vaccine Group
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Paediatrics
Research group:
Oxford Vaccine Group
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Vaccine Journal website
Volume:
36
Issue:
36
Pages:
5470-5476
Publication date:
2017-08-01
Acceptance date:
2017-07-17
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EISSN:
1873-2518
ISSN:
0264-410X
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pubs:708373
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uuid:6bec8316-f7ba-49c4-86db-1cea462146fd
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pubs:708373
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708373
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2017-07-17

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