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Genetic Diversity of Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine Antigens among Carriage Isolates Collected from Students at Three Universities in the United States, 2015-2016.
mBio - 18 May 2021
Marjuki Henju, Chang How-Yi, Topaz Nadav, Whaley Melissa J, Vuong Jeni, Chen Alexander, Jenkins Laurel T, Hu Fang, Schmink Susanna, Retchless Adam C, Thomas Jennifer D, Acosta Anna M, McNamara Lucy A, Soeters Heidi M, Mbaeyi Sarah, Wang Xin
Abstract excerpt
Carriage evaluations were conducted during 2015 to 2016 at two U.S. universities in conjunction with the response to disease outbreaks caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B and at a university where outbreak and response activities had not occurred. All eligible students at the two universities received the serogroup B meningococcal factor H binding protein vaccine (MenB-FHbp); 5.2% of students (181/3,509)...
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