| Literature DB >> 19887137 |
M Knuf1, D Kieninger-Baum, P Habermehl, P Muttonen, H Maurer, P Vink, J Poolman, D Boutriau.
Abstract
Meningococcal disease incidence is highest in young children, yet a tetravalent conjugate vaccine is currently not available for this age group. This study evaluated a single dose of four different ACWY-TT conjugate vaccine formulations in 240 toddlers (12-14 months) and 268 children (3-5 years) compared to licensed age-appropriate control vaccines. In toddlers, rSBA-MenC GMTs for the selected formulation were statistically higher than after monovalent-MenC-conjugate vaccine. In children, rSBA-GMTs against each serogroup were statistically higher than after tetravalent polysaccharide vaccine. The safety profile was comparable to licensed controls. The new ACWY-TT conjugate vaccine promises high seroprotection levels against meningococcal disease from 1 year of age.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19887137 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.10.064
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641