AIMC Topic: Meningococcal Vaccines

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Invasive meningococcal disease in adolescents in Europe and select geographies: Disease burden, unmet medical need, and optimizing prevention.

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is uncommon but serious; the case fatality rate is 8-15% and up to 20-40% of survivors experience disabling sequelae, with a substantial socioeconomic impact. Although incidence is highest in infants and young chi...

Modeling protective meningococcal antibody responses and factors influencing antibody persistence following vaccination with MenAfriVac using machine learning.

PloS one
Meningococcal meningitis poses a significant public health burden in the meningitis belt region of sub-Saharan Africa. The introduction of the meningococcal PsA-TT vaccine (MenAfriVac®) has successfully eliminated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (...

Safety and Immunogenicity of Two Doses of a Quadrivalent Meningococcal Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid Conjugate Vaccine in Indian and Russian Children Aged 9 to 17 Months.

Indian pediatrics
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of tolerability, safety and immunogenicity of a two-dose series of a quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide diptheria toxoid conjugate (ACYW-D) vaccine in Indian and Russian infants/toddlers.