meningococcal meningitis vaccine

Unlike previous meningococcal meningitis vaccines, those developed by Dr. Jennings and his team are effective on both children and adults.

Ensure immunization against certain vaccine preventable diseases In addition to the quadravalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine, travellers to Saudi Arabia should consider the following vaccines:

NAMRU-3 through a collaboration with the WHO in the early 1970s was instrumental in developing typhoid and Group A Meningococcal meningitis vaccines.

Net sales of Menactra(R) (quadrivalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine) were down 13.2% at euro 96 million due to a shrinking catch-up opportunity in the adolescent segment of the market.

Meningococcal meningitis vaccine containing serogroups A, C, Y, W-135 is currently required by Saudi Arabia for pilgrims visiting Mecca for the Hajj or for the Umrah.

Embree says the introduction of new vaccines has brought the lack of vaccine coordination across the country to a head, giving as an example the meningococcal meningitis vaccine which was approved in Canada in 2001.

While at Wyeth, Siber oversaw the development and approval of several often used vaccines for children, including Prevnar, a pneumococcal vaccine, Acel-Imune, an acellular pertussis vaccine, Meningitec, a meningococcal meningitis vaccine, Rotashield, a rotavirus vaccine, and FluMist, a nasal spray influenza vaccine.