Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
Background. A meningococcal group A conjugate vaccine, PsA-TT (MenAfriVac), developed through the Meningitis Vaccine Project and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, Ltd, was tested in multiple clinical trials conducted mainly in Africa. The impact of age at which subjects were vaccinated o...
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pubmed-46395032015-11-12 Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac Tang, Yuxiao Plikaytis, Brian D. Preziosi, Marie-Pierre Borrow, Ray The Meningitis Vaccine Project: The Development, Licensure, Introduction, and Impact of a New Group a Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Africa Background. A meningococcal group A conjugate vaccine, PsA-TT (MenAfriVac), developed through the Meningitis Vaccine Project and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, Ltd, was tested in multiple clinical trials conducted mainly in Africa. The impact of age at which subjects were vaccinated on immune response and persistence postimmunization with PsA-TT was the main focus of the current analysis. Oxford University Press 2015-11-15 2015-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4639503/ /pubmed/26553685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ601 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac |
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Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac |
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Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac |
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Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac |
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Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac |
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influence of age on antibody response and persistence following immunization with menafrivac |
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Background. A meningococcal group A conjugate vaccine, PsA-TT (MenAfriVac), developed through the Meningitis Vaccine Project and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, Ltd, was tested in multiple clinical trials conducted mainly in Africa. The impact of age at which subjects were vaccinated on immune response and persistence postimmunization with PsA-TT was the main focus of the current analysis. |
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