| Literature DB >> 25483509 |
Gary W Zlotnick1, Thomas R Jones, Paul Liberator, Li Hao, Shannon Harris, Lisa K McNeil, Duzhang Zhu, John Perez, Joseph Eiden, Kathrin U Jansen, Annaliesa S Anderson.
Abstract
Vaccines have had a major impact on the reduction of many diseases globally. Vaccines targeted against invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) due to serogroups A, C, W, and Y are used to prevent these diseases. Until recently no vaccine had been identified that could confer broad protection against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MnB). MnB causes IMD in the very young, adolescents and young adults and thus represents a significant unmet medical need. In this brief review, we describe the discovery and development of a vaccine that has the potential for broad protection against this devastating disease.Entities:
Keywords: Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup B; factor H binding protein; serum bactericidal assay with human complement (hSBA); vaccine
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25483509 PMCID: PMC4514153 DOI: 10.4161/hv.34293
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Vaccin Immunother ISSN: 2164-5515 Impact factor: 3.452