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. 2010 Jun;9(6):429-30.
doi: 10.1038/nrd3194.

Meningococcal group A, C, Y and W-135 conjugate vaccine

Lee H Harrison  1 , Nitin Mohan, Peter Kirkpatrick
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Meningococcal group A, C, Y and W-135 conjugate vaccine

Lee H Harrison et al. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

In February 2010, a quadrivalent conjugate vaccine (Menveo; Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics) was approved by the US FDA to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135 in people aged 11-55 years.

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