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2. Vaccine aimed at preventing meningitis in kids approved by ...

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   The first-of-its-kind shot addresses the five most common causes of meningococcal disease, Pfizer says. Vaccine aimed at preventing meningitis in kids approved by FDA. What happens next?

3. Meningococcal disease - Wikipedia

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   Meningitis A, C, Y and W-135 vaccines can be used for large-scale vaccination programs when an outbreak of meningococcal disease occurs in Africa and other regions of the world. Whenever sporadic or cluster cases or outbreaks of meningococcal disease occur in the US, chemoprophylaxis is the principal means of preventing secondary cases in ...

4. NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 - Wikipedia

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   NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 is the commercial name for a polysaccharide vaccine that protects against meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, specifically the serotypes A, C, Y, and W-135. This vaccine is part of a broader group of meningococcal vaccines.

5. Meningococcal vaccine - Wikipedia

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   Meningococcal vaccine refers to any vaccine used to prevent infection by Neisseria meningitidis. [9] Different versions are effective against some or all of the following types of meningococcus: A, B, C, W-135, and Y. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The vaccines are between 85 and 100% effective for at least two years. [ 9 ]

6. US FDA approves Pfizer's vaccine for meningococcal disease - AOL

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   Penbraya combines components from those two vaccines and is approved for use in individuals 10 through 25 years of age. It is administered as a two-dose series given six months apart.

7. Neisseria meningitidis - Wikipedia

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   A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4) has been available since the 1970s and is the only meningococcal vaccine licensed for people older than 55. MPSV4 may be used in people 2–55 years old if the MCV4 vaccines are not available or contraindicated. Two meningococcal conjugate vaccines (MCV4) are licensed for use in the U.S. The first ...

8. Childhood immunizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Since 1990, when the vaccine was introduced as a routine vaccination in children, rates of acute Hepatitis B has decreased in the United States by 82%. This vaccine is given as a series of shots, the first dose is given at birth, the second between 1 and 2 months, and the third, and possibly fourth, between 6 and 18 months.

9. Meningitis - Wikipedia

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   [62] [63] In Africa, until recently, the approach for prevention and control of meningococcal epidemics was based on early detection of the disease and emergency reactive mass vaccination of the population at risk with bivalent A/C or trivalent A/C/W135 polysaccharide vaccines, [65] though the introduction of MenAfriVac (meningococcus group A ...