Improved meningitis vaccine for Africa
MVP, a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Seattle-based nonprofit, PATH, is collaborating with a vaccine producer, Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL), to produce the new vaccine against serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus). The preliminary results of their study, a Phase 2 vaccine trial, reveal that the vaccine could eventually slash the incidence of epidemics in the “meningitis belt,” as 21 affected nations of sub-Saharan Africa are collectively known. The vaccine is expected to block infection by the serogroup A meningococcus, and therefore extend protection to the entire population, including the unvaccinated, a phenomenon know as “herd immunity.”
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Just serogroup A vaccine cannot wipe out Meningitis outbreaks in Africa -its just a joke. I personally visited disease out break areas in Burkina Faso, Niger, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo and some parts of Chad. The out breaks caused by X, W, A, C and some parts Y. If we call if we can control A is a majority cases and it in fact a mixed infection. If some one really make vaccine which can erdicate meningitis, it should be multivalent but not monvalent. You cannot stop people's migration. You all will see the truth when this new vaccine in the market and fail to handle outbreaks at large. Please do not give false hope to the people of Africa.
Posted by: JEERI REDDY | April 6, 2008 4:59 PM
Just serogroup A vaccine cannot wipe out Meningitis outbreaks in Africa -it’s just a joke. I personally visited disease outbreak areas in Burkina Faso, Niger, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo and some parts of Chad. The out breaks caused by X, W, A, C and some parts Y. If we call if we can control A is a majority cases and it in fact a mixed infection. If someone really makes vaccine which can eradicate meningitis, it should be multivalent but not monvalent. You cannot stop people's migration. You all will see the truth when this new vaccine in the market and fail to handle outbreaks at large. Please do not give false hope to the people of Africa.
Posted by: Dr. Jeeri Reddy | April 6, 2008 5:03 PM