Meningitis Vaccines
University of Bristol, Department of Social Medicine details research in meningitis vaccines
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, December 25th, 2007
Current study results from the report, 'Meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt,' have been published. "In the African meningitis belt, epidemics of meningococcal disease occur periodically, although unpredictably, every few years. These epidemics continue to cause havoc but new efforts to control the disease, through the use of conjugate vaccines, are being made," scientists in Bristol, the United Kingdom report.
"Conjugate vaccines are likely to reduce meningococcal carriage, thus generating herd immunity, but to understand their potential impact we need to know more about the epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Africa. We review published studies...
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