title: The future of meningitis vaccines.
abstract: Without effective vaccines meningitis remains a substantial worldwide threat with major health-care implications. A number of advances have been made in vaccine design and implementation over the last decade, with new vaccine initiatives providing substantial promise for the future reduction of global disease burden.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; C044237:Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide vaccine; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D014765:Viral Vaccines