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Potential impact of the bivalent rLP2086 vaccine on<i>Neisseria meningitidis</i>carriage and invasive serogroup B disease
25 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Asymptomatic throat carriage of Neisseria meningitidis is common in healthy individuals. In unusual cases, the bacteria become invasive, resulting in life-threatening disease. Effective meningococcal serogroup B (MnB) vaccines should provide broad protection against disease-causing strains and may confer indirect protection by impacting carriage and subsequent transmission. Factor H binding proteins (fHBPs),...
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