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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Main Authors: Tang, Yuxiao, Plikaytis, Brian D., Preziosi, Marie-Pierre, Borrow, Ray
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639503/
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spelling 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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author Tang, Yuxiao
Plikaytis, Brian D.
Preziosi, Marie-Pierre
Borrow, Ray
spellingShingle Tang, Yuxiao
Plikaytis, Brian D.
Preziosi, Marie-Pierre
Borrow, Ray
Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
author_facet Tang, Yuxiao
Plikaytis, Brian D.
Preziosi, Marie-Pierre
Borrow, Ray
author_sort Tang, Yuxiao
title Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
title_short Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
title_full Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
title_fullStr Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Age on Antibody Response and Persistence Following Immunization With MenAfriVac
title_sort influence of age on antibody response and persistence following immunization with menafrivac
description 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.
publisher Oxford University Press
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639503/
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