Synergistic activity of antibodies in the multicomponent 4CMenB vaccine

V Viviani, A Biolchi, M Pizza - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Vaccines based on multiple antigens often induce an immune response, which
is higher than that triggered by each single component, with antibodies acting cooperatively …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Meningococcal Antigen Typing System (gMATS): A genotyping tool that predicts 4CMenB strain coverage worldwide

A Muzzi, A Brozzi, L Serino, M Bodini, R Abad… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Meningococcal Antigen Typing System (MATS) was developed to
identify meningococcus group B strains with a high likelihood of being covered by the …

Correlates of protection for meningococcal surface protein vaccines: lessons from the past

J Findlow, J Lucidarme, MK Taha… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Recombinant surface protein meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) vaccines are
available but with different antigen compositions, leading to differences between vaccines in …

Meningococcal Group B Vaccine For The Prevention Of Invasive Meningococcal Disease Caused By Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B

I Rivero-Calle, PF Raguindin… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a major public health concern because of its high
case fatality, long-term morbidity, and potential to course with outbreaks. IMD caused by …

OpcA and PorB are novel bactericidal antigens of the 4CMenB vaccine in mice and humans

V Viviani, A Fantoni, S Tomei, S Marchi, E Luzzi… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
The ability of Neisseria meningitidis Outer Membrane Vesicles (OMV) to induce protective
responses in humans is well established and mainly attributed to Porin A (PorA). However …

The Neisseria gonorrhoeae Vaccine Candidate NHBA Elicits Antibodies That Are Bactericidal, Opsonophagocytic and That Reduce Gonococcal Adherence to …

EA Semchenko, CJ Day, KL Seib - Vaccines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to the continuing emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
there is an urgent need for the development of a gonococcal vaccine. We evaluated the …

[HTML][HTML] Fatal nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis disease in vaccinated patient receiving eculizumab

D Nolfi-Donegan, M Konar, V Vianzon… - Emerging Infectious …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Patients receiving eculizumab have an increased risk for meningococcal disease, but most
reported cases are attributable to encapsulated meningococcal strains. We describe a case …

A meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccine with overexpressed mutant FHbp elicits higher protective antibody responses in infant rhesus macaques than a …

PT Beernink, V Vianzon, LA Lewis, GR Moe… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT MenB-4C (Bexsero; GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals) is a licensed meningococcal
vaccine for capsular B strains. The vaccine contains detergent-extracted outer membrane …

Broad vaccine protection against Neisseria meningitidis using factor H binding protein

J Findlow, CD Bayliss, PT Beernink, R Borrow… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), is
classified into different serogroups defined by their polysaccharide capsules. Meningococcal …

NHBA antibodies elicited by 4CMenB vaccination are key for serum bactericidal activity against Neisseria gonorrhoeae

YL Tzeng, S Sannigrahi, DS Stephens - npj Vaccines, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The 4CMenB (BexseroR) vaccine contains detergent-extracted outer membrane
vesicles (OMVs) from a Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) group B strain NZ98/254 and three …