While vaccines are readily available in wealthier countries, vaccinating more vulnerable regions has been a challenge due to cost.
compared the immune response generated by a new pentavalent, or 5-in-1, vaccine called NmCV-5 against that of the licensed quadrivalent, or 4-in-1, MenACWY-D vaccine. The participants included 1,800 healthy two to 29-year-olds in Mali and The Gambia in western Africa. The vaccinations occurred in June 2021, and the trial didn’t find any safety concerns with NmCV-5.
After 28 days, the immune responses generated by one dose of NmCV-5 were generally higher than those generated by the 4-in-1 vaccine across all age groups. The 5-in-1 vaccine also induced a strong immune response across meningococcal bacteria strains A, C, W, and Y and the. Currently, there is no licensed vaccine against the X strain, which may be the cause of meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Meningitis is a deadly disease with the ability to spread like wildfire in the event of an outbreak, this affects all ages most especially within the
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