a Department of Immunology , Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Finlay Institute of Vaccines , Havana , Cuba.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 May 4;14(5):1064-1068. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1438028. Epub 2018 Feb 26.
I would like to comment on the article "Commentary: Impact of meningococcal group B OMV vaccines, beyond their brief", DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1381810. The author states that meningococcal group B OMVs vaccines -such as VA-MENGOC-BC®- may induce moderate protection against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. I agree. However, the author states that "there was no evidence of effectiveness in the younger children." The effectiveness of VA-MENGOC-BC® in heterologous contexts has been higher than 80% in individuals older than 4 years old, but the effectiveness in younger children should not be undervalued; it has usually been higher than 60%, and results markedly higher when evaluated based on mortality rates. There is strong evidence that VA-MENGOC-BC® may induce cross-protection against heterologous N. meningitidis strains and N. gonorrhoeae.
我想对文章“评论:脑膜炎奈瑟菌 B 型 OMV 疫苗的影响,超出其短暂性”,DOI:10.1080/21645515.2017.1381810. 进行评论。作者指出,脑膜炎奈瑟菌 B 型 OMV 疫苗 - 如 VA-MENGOC-BC® - 可能对淋病奈瑟菌产生适度的保护作用。我同意这一观点。然而,作者指出,“在年幼的儿童中没有证据表明其有效性。”VA-MENGOC-BC®在异源环境中的有效性在 4 岁以上的个体中高于 80%,但不应低估其在年幼儿童中的有效性;其有效性通常高于 60%,当根据死亡率进行评估时,结果明显更高。有强有力的证据表明,VA-MENGOC-BC®可能诱导针对异源脑膜炎奈瑟菌菌株和淋病奈瑟菌的交叉保护作用。