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Meningococcal Serogroup ACWYX Conjugate Vaccine in Malian Toddlers

2021; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 384; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa2013615

1533-4406

Milagritos D. Tapia, Samba O. Sow, Abdi Naficy, Fatoumata Diallo, Fadima Cheick Haidara, Amol Chaudhari, Lionel Martellet, Awa Traoré, Kelly Townsend‐Payne, Ray Borrow, Nancy Hosken, Igor Smolenov, Sambhaji Pisal, F. Marc LaForce, Rajeev Dhere, Dhananjay Kapse, Yuxiao Tang, Mark R. Alderson, Prasad S. Kulkarni,

Virology and Viral Diseases

Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y cause outbreaks of meningococcal disease. Quadrivalent conjugate vaccines targeting the A, C, W, and Y serogroups are available. A pentavalent vaccine that also includes serogroup X (NmCV-5) is under development.