Control of epidemic meningococcal meningitis by mass vaccination II. Persistence of antibody four years after vaccination

Meningococcal antibody was measured in 928 persons vaccinated with combined groups A and C polysaccharide antigens in Bauchi State, Nigeria between 1979 and 1982. Protective amounts of antibody were detected by the indirect haemagglutination technique up to 4 years after vaccination. This persistenc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infection 1984-09, Vol.9 (2), p.197-202
Hauptverfasser:	Mohammed, I., Onyemelukwe, G.C., Obineche, E.N., Gupta, N., Oyeyinka, G.O.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis Antibodies, Bacterial - biosynthesis Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Bacterial Vaccines - immunology Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control Neisseria meningitidis - immunology Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous Neurology Nigeria Polysaccharides, Bacterial - immunology Tropical medicine Vaccination
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