Workshop on vaccine pressure and Neisseria meningitidis, Annecy, France, 9-11 March 2005.
A 3-day workshop, "Vaccine pressure and Neisseria meningitidis", was held in Annecy, France, 9-11 March 2005, to summarize the current state of knowledge regarding N. meningitidis capsule switching and vaccine pressure from capsular polysaccharide-based N. meningitidis vaccines, including conjugates. Main discussion topics were the host-bacteria relationship and N. meningitidis population, worldwide experience of meningococcal vaccination, and using existing experience to shape the future of meningococcal vaccination strategies. The workshop concluded that there is no current evidence to suggest that serogroup C conjugate vaccine pressure has resulted in meningococcal serogroup switching or replacement.
Alonso
Jean Michel
JM
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Gilmet
Gregory
G
Rouzic
Erwan Muros-Le
EM
Nassif
Xavier
X
Plotkin
Stanley A
SA
Ramsay
Mary
M
Siegrist
Claire-Anne
CA
Stephens
David S
DS
Teyssou
Remy
R
Vogel
Ulrich
U
D000818:Animals; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
D022401:Meningococcal Vaccines