title: Safety and immunogenicity of a new Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in healthy adults.
abstract: We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of a single dose of a new serogroup C O-deacetylated meningococcal polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in 30 healthy adult volunteers. The vaccine was well tolerated with no serious adverse events and minimal local reactions and systemic symptoms. All subjects developed a fourfold or greater increase in serum bactericidal antibody (SBA) to serogroup C meningococcus. SBA geometric mean titre increased from 11 to 3649 (p<0.001). Serogroup C-specific IgG levels increased postvaccination from 0.65 to 17.02 microg/ml (p<0.001). Bactericidal titres pre- and postimmunisation showed significant correlation with serogroup C-specific IgG (r(2)=0.693). Antibody levels fell by 6 months postvaccination, however, meningococcal C IgG avidity increased indicating the successful induction of a T-cell-dependent antibody response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  meningococcal C-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine is immunogenic and well tolerated in healthy adults.
authors.affiliation: Immunobiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, UK. p.richmond@ich.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldblatt
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fusco
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heron
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Borrow
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000276:immunology; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000276:immunology*; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D018074:Vaccines, Conjugate; C052181:meningococcal group C polysaccharide-tetanus toxoid conjugate