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SUBMITTER: Ohm M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7712102 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohm Milou M van Rooijen Debbie M DM Bonačić Marinović Axel A AA van Ravenhorst Mariëtte B MB van der Heiden Marieke M Buisman Anne-Marie AM Sanders Elisabeth A M EAM Berbers Guy A M GAM
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<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> is often asymptomatically carried in the nasopharynx but may cause invasive meningococcal disease, leading to morbidity and mortality. Meningococcal conjugate vaccinations induce functional protective antibodies against capsular antigens, but seroprotection wanes over time. We measured functional antibody titers five years after administration of a single dose of the meningococcal ACWY-polysaccharide-specific tetanus toxoid-conjugated (MenACWY-TT) vaccine in adolesc ...[more]