Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases.
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SUBMITTER: Pizza M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7601370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
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Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases.
Pizza Mariagrazia M Bekkat-Berkani Rafik R Rappuoli Rino R
Microorganisms 20201003 10
<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> is the main cause of meningitis and sepsis, potentially life-threatening conditions. Thanks to advancements in vaccine development, vaccines are now available for five out of six meningococcal disease-causing serogroups (A, B, C, W, and Y). Vaccination programs with monovalent meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) conjugate vaccines in Europe have successfully decreased MenC disease and carriage. The use of a monovalent MenA conjugate vaccine in the African meningitis be ...[more]
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