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: Serosurveillance of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (ECM) in healthy individuals is crucial for assessing disease risk and evaluating the effectiveness of vaccinations. However, this practical work is rare in China. : We conducted cross-section serosurveillance in Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, and Heyuan in Guangdong Province, measuring Anti-Nm IgG with serogroups A, C, Y, and W, and analyzed the trends using a generalized additive model (GAM). : During 2019-2022, 7752 participants were included. The overall antibody positivity rate for serogroups A, C, Y, and W were 60.75%, 15.51%, 32.83%, and 14.56%, respectively. High Anti-Nm IgG was in children aged 0-5 and 5-10 years old. Geometric mean concentrations (GMCs) of Anti-Nm IgG were higher and correlated positively with vaccine doses compared with unvaccinated individuals. The GMC showed a consistent decrease trend in the vaccinated and a U-shaped curve in populations. The declined rates of GMC were 1.59 (95% CI: 1.03, 2.14) µg/mL, 1.65 (95% CI: 1.28, 2.03), 0.62 (95% CI: 0.22, 1.03), and 0.31 (95% CI: 0.08, 0.53) µg/mL per year for serogroups A, C, Y, and W, respectively. : There were differences in antibody positivity rate and GMC for the four serogroups of ECM in the healthy individuals of Guangdong Province, with serogroup A showing the highest, and the demographic differences highlighted the high seroprevalence of in younger people. The variable prevalence rates among serogroups A, C, Y, and W and the observed decline in antibody titers underscore the need for adjustments in the immunization program targeting the meningococcal vaccine.
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Vaccines (Basel)
November 2024
Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health, Guangzhou 511430, China.
: Serosurveillance of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (ECM) in healthy individuals is crucial for assessing disease risk and evaluating the effectiveness of vaccinations. However, this practical work is rare in China. : We conducted cross-section serosurveillance in Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, and Heyuan in Guangdong Province, measuring Anti-Nm IgG with serogroups A, C, Y, and W, and analyzed the trends using a generalized additive model (GAM).
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February 2022
Laboratory of Bacterial Polysaccharides, Division of Bacterial, Parasitic, and Allergenic Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Background: Despite decades of research efforts, development of a gonorrhea vaccine has remained elusive. Epidemiological studies suggest that detoxified outer membrane vesicle (dOMV) vaccines from Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) may protect against infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng). We recently reported that Nm dOMVs lacking the major outer membrane proteins (OMPs) PorA, PorB, and RmpM induced greater antibody cross-reactivity against heterologous Nm strains than wild-type (WT) dOMVs and may represent an improved vaccine against gonorrhea.
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May 2002
Child Health Programme, Public Health Sciences Division, ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
We evaluated the strategy of maternal immunization with Neisseria meningitidis (Nm) vaccine in Asian mothers, to assess potential protection of infants, including by breast milk. One hundred and fifty-seven women in the third trimester were randomized to receive a single dose of the polysaccharide Nm (n=75) or a control vaccine (n=82). Group A Nm IgG levels were measured in maternal and infant sera, and specific IgA in breast milk.
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December 1993
Department of Microbiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like anti-IgG Fab autoantibodies (autoAb) were induced in rabbits by immunization with either human, mouse or rabbit anti-DNA Ab. In direct-binding radioimmunoassay (RIA), affinity-purified anti-normal rabbit (NR) Fab autoAb cross-reacted with normal mouse (NM) Fab, ssDNA (but not dsDNA), poly(dA,dT), and RNA polymerase I (RPI). Affinity-purified anti-NM IgG Ab isolated from the same antisera cross-reacted with NR Fab, ssDNA and RPI.
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