Use of expanded Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B panels with the serum bactericidal antibody assay for the evaluation of meningococcal B vaccine effectiveness

• Main Authors: Ray Borrow (Author), Federico Martinón-Torres (Author), Véronique Abitbol (Author), Anar Andani (Author), Scott Preiss (Author), Alessandro Muzzi (Author), Laura Serino (Author), Woo-Yun Sohn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) antigens are inherently diverse with variable expression among strains. Prediction of meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine effectiveness therefore requires an assay suitable for use against large panels of epidemiologically representative disease-causi...