Inmunogenicidad de una vacuna tetravalente meningocócica glucoconjugada en lactantes: un ensayo clínico controlado

Matthew D Snape1, Kirsten P Perrett, Karen J Ford

  • 1Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford, England. matthew.snape@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

JAMA
|January 10, 2008
PubMed
Resumen

Una nueva vacuna meningocócica ACWY (MenACWY) muestra una fuerte inmunogenicidad en los bebés, con altos títulos de anticuerpos contra los serogrupos A, C, W-135 y Y. Esta nueva vacuna es bien tolerada y ofrece protección durante la primera infancia.

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