Article
Specificity of bactericidal antibody response to serogroup B meningococcal strains in Brazilian children after immunization with an outer membrane vaccine.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1998
Milagres L G, Gorla M C, Sacchi C T, Rodrigues M M
Abstract excerpt
Pre- and postvaccination serum samples from 77 children aged 2 to 6 years, who received the Cuban BC vaccine (B:4:P1.15), were analyzed for bactericidal antibodies against a local B:4:P1.15 strain (N44/89). Sera from 16 individuals with bactericidal antibodies against the B:4:P1.15 strain were te...
Topics
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibody Specificity
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Brazil
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Meningococcal Infections
- Meningococcal Vaccines
- Molecular Sequence Data
