Meningococcal infections. 2. Field trial of group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine in 1969-70.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization ·Vol. 45 ·No. 3 ·1971-00-00 ·Pages 279-82

Gold R, Artenstein MS

Abstract

A second large-scale field trial of group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine in US Army recruits confirmed the efficacy and safety of the vaccine. When the results of all studies over a 2-year period were combined, the reduction in group-specific disease rates was 89.5%.

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Vaccines Humans Male Meningococcal Infections/prevention & control Military Medicine Polysaccharides, Bacterial/administration & dosage United States Vaccination

Chemicals

Bacterial Vaccines Polysaccharides, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Gold R

Artenstein M S

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10 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Abbr.

Bull World Health Organ

ISSN

0042-9686

Published

1971-00-00

Pages

279-82

Language

English

Region

Switzerland

NLM ID

7507052

PMCID

PMC2427931

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