Zlotnick Gary W, Jones Thomas R, Liberator Paul, Hao Li, Harris Shannon, McNeil Lisa K, Zhu Duzhang, Perez John, Eiden Joseph, Jansen Kathrin U, Anderson Annaliesa S
a Pfizer Vaccine Research; Pearl River, NY USA.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2015;11(1):5-13. doi: 10.4161/hv.34293. Epub 2014 Nov 1.
Vaccines have had a major impact on the reduction of many diseases globally. Vaccines targeted against invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) due to serogroups A, C, W, and Y are used to prevent these diseases. Until recently no vaccine had been identified that could confer broad protection against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MnB). MnB causes IMD in the very young, adolescents and young adults and thus represents a significant unmet medical need. In this brief review, we describe the discovery and development of a vaccine that has the potential for broad protection against this devastating disease.
疫苗对全球许多疾病的减少产生了重大影响。针对A、C、W和Y血清群引起的侵袭性脑膜炎球菌病(IMD)的疫苗用于预防这些疾病。直到最近,还没有发现能对B群脑膜炎奈瑟菌(MnB)提供广泛保护的疫苗。MnB在婴幼儿、青少年和年轻人中引发IMD,因此代表了一项重大的未满足医疗需求。在这篇简短的综述中,我们描述了一种有潜力对这种毁灭性疾病提供广泛保护的疫苗的发现和研发情况。