Meningococcal Vaccines: A Technological Revolution

Green revolution vaccines, edible vaccines

Edible vaccines are sub-unit vaccines where the selected genes are introduced into the plants and the transgenic plant is then induced to manufacture the encoded protein. Edible vaccines are mucosal targeted vaccines where stimulation of both systematic and mucosal immune network takes place. Foods under study include potatoes, bananas, lettuce, rice, wheat, soybean, corn and legumes. Edible va...

Control of meningococcal meningitis with meningococcal vaccines.

The development of effective meinigococcal vaccines was based upon the finding that immunity to the meningococcus was directly correlated with serum bactericidal antibodies. Purified high molecular weight capsular polysaccharides of serogroups A and C meningococci stimulated the production of humoral antibodies which had group specific bactericidal activity. In controlled field trials in Army...

Advances in meningococcal vaccines

Meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines

In November 1999 the Department of Health introduced a national vaccination programme using newly licensed meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccines (MenC). In the largest national mass vaccination campaign ever undertaken in the UK, all people under the age of 18 years are being oVered vaccination: three doses for infants as part of the primary vaccination schedule at 2, 3, and 4 months of ...

Meningococcal group C conjugate vaccines

In November 1999 the Department of Health introduced a national vaccination programme using newly licensed meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccines (MenC). In the largest national mass vaccination campaign ever undertaken in the UK, all people under the age of 18 years are being oVered vaccination: three doses for infants as part of the primary vaccination schedule at 2, 3, and 4 months of ...