Serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccines in Africa

PA Kristiansen, HJ Jørgensen… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Serogroup A meningococcal epidemics have been a recurrent public health problem,
especially in resource-poor countries of Africa. Recently, the administration in mass …

Eliminating meningococcal epidemics from the African meningitis belt: the case for advanced prevention and control using next-generation meningococcal conjugate …

MR Alderson, FM LaForce… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The introduction and rollout of a meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine,
MenAfriVac, in the African meningitis belt has eliminated serogroup A meningococcal …

Successful African introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine: Future challenges and next steps

FM LaForce, M Djingarey, S Viviani… - Human vaccines & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVacR, has
been a important public health success. Group A meningococcal meningitis has …

Impact of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine for Africa

JM Stuart - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The introduction of a serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine in the African
meningitis belt has been a remarkable success. Meningitis due to the serogroup A …

Evaluation of serogroup A meningococcal vaccines in Africa: a demonstration project

M Soriano-Gabarró, N Rosenstein… - Journal of Health …, 2004 - JSTOR
Endemic and epidemic meningococcal disease constitutes a major public-health problem in
African countries of the'meningitis belt'where incidence rates of the disease are many-fold …

Efficacy and Effectiveness of the Meningococcal Conjugate Group A Vaccine MenAfriVac® in Preventing Recurrent Meningitis Epidemics in Sub-Saharan Africa

S Viviani - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
For more than a century, epidemic meningococcal disease mainly caused by serogroup A
Neisseria meningitidis has been an important public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa …

Advances with vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis

R Borrow - Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination programs have been
demonstrated to be hugely successful with a truly impressive public health impact. In sub …

Development of a group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVacTM

C Frasch, MP Preziosi, FM LaForce - Human vaccines & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Group A meningococcal disease has been an important public health problem in sub-
Saharan Africa for over a century. Outbreaks occur there annually, and large epidemics …

Prospects and challenges with introduction of a mono-valent meningococcal conjugate vaccine in Africa

BJ Okoko, OT Idoko, RA Adegbola - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
Epidemic meningococcal meningitis is a priority disease for prevention and control in Africa.
The current World Health Organization (WHO) approach to the control of meningitis …

A vaccine meets its promise: success in controlling epidemic meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa

L Sambo, M Chan, S Davis, A Lake… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Over the last 4 years, a remarkable public health success has unfolded in Africa. The field
introduction of a new group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, PsA-TT (MenAfriVac), has …