Serogroup C meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine in adolescents: persistence of bactericidal antibodies and kinetics of the immune response to a booster vaccine more than 3 years after immunization.

BACKGROUND: The persistence of protection from meningococcal disease following immunization with serogroup C meningococcal (MenC) glycoconjugate vaccines in infancy is short-lived. The duration of protective immunity afforded by these vaccines in other at-risk age groups (i.e., adolescents and young...

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Glavni autori: Snape, MD, Kelly, D, Salt, P, Green, S, Snowden, C, Diggle, L, Borkowski, A, Yu, L, Moxon, E, Pollard, A
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2006