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Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) for Use of Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) Vaccines in Adolescents and Young Adults (Including College Students)

MMWR recomm. rep; 64 (41), 2015

Two serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccines have recently been licensed for use in the U.S. (MenB-FHbp [Trumenba, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.] and MenB-4C [Bexsero, Novartis Vaccines]). Both vaccines were approved for use in persons aged 10 through 25 years. MenB-FHbp was licensed as a three-dose serie...

Vaccins antiméningococciques/usage thérapeutique, Infections à méningocoques/immunologie, Neisseria meningitidis sérogroupe B/immunologie

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Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) for Use of Serogroup B Meningococcal (MenB) Vaccines in Persons at Increased Risk for Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease

In October 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed the first serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine (MenB-FHbp [Trumenba®, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]) as a 3-dose series. The FDA licensed a second MenB vaccine (MenB-4C [Bexsero®...