Toward a meningitis-free world.
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Abstract
Meningococcal meningitis is a devastating disease that is often fatal. Vaccines against the five major meningococcal serogroups causing disease are about to become available, a conjugate vaccine against meningococcus A is in use for mass vaccination in Africa, and a protein-based vaccine against meningococcal B is ready for licensure. With the availability of these new vaccines, the world can finally be rid of meningococcal meningitis, thus rewriting a new chapter in medical history.
Medical subject headings
- Disease Eradication
- Meningitis, Meningococcal
- Meningococcal Vaccines
- Neisseria meningitidis