Global epidemiology of serogroup B meningococcal disease and opportunities for prevention with novel recombinant protein vaccines

• Главные авторы: Rodolfo Villena (Автор), Marco Aurelio P. Safadi (Автор), María Teresa Valenzuela (Автор), Juan P. Torres (Автор), Adam Finn (Автор), Miguel O'Ryan (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Meningococcal disease (MD) is a major cause of meningitis and sepsis worldwide, with a high case fatality rate and frequent sequelae. Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, W, X and Y are responsible for most of these life-threatening infections, and its unpredictable epidemiology ca...