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Meningitis, capsular polysaccharide vaccine

A further type of vaccine included in the subunit category is the capsular polysaccharide vaccines, for example, those against Haemophilus influenzae and meningococcal meningitis. In this case an extract of the polysaccharide outer capsule of the bacterium is used as a vaccine and is sometimes conjugated to protein to... [Pg.425]

The potential of CPS as human vaccines for prevention of meningitis and pneumonia was ascertained by the fact that protective immune response is serotype-specihc [4,12] and is directed mainly against the capsular polysaccharides other cellular components are recognized by protecting antibodies to a significantly lower extent [13]. [Pg.2701]

Meningitis C (capsular polysaccharide conjugated to inactivated diphtheria toxin), meningitis A and C, pneumococcal vaccines (capsular polysaccharide conjugated to inactivated diphtheria toxin), typhoid (capsular polysaccharide alone). [Pg.577]

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