OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (10): 1430-1434.

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Current status of research and application of meningococcal vaccine at home and abroad

GAO Pinga, LIU Hualeia, ZANG Zhaohuib   

  1. a Health Education Teaching and Research Section, b Health Service Teaching and Research Section, Logistics University of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin, 300309, China
  • Received:2023-08-09 Revised:2023-10-23 Online:2024-05-15 Published:2026-03-13
  • Contact: LIU Hualei,Associate professor,E-mail:Liuhualei11@163.com

Abstract: With the use of meningococcal vaccines,the incidence rate of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis has shown a downward trend. At present,in national immunization program,the vaccination procedures for children are mainly group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine and group A and group C meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Other meningococcal vaccines on the market in China are mostly group A and group C meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine and group a,c,y and w meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine(ACYW). However,in the United States and some European countries,group ACYW meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine has been included in immunization programs for a long time. In 2021,the first quadrivalent meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine in China was launched, making new progress in the research and development of high quality meningococcal vaccines in China. Overall,the development of meningococcal vaccine still has problems such as imperfect immunization procedures and lack of group B meningococcal vaccine. Therefore,this article aims to provide a reference for future development and vaccination of meningococcal vaccines by reviewing the current status and vaccination procedures of meningococcal vaccines both domestically and internationally.

Key words: Meningococcal vaccine, Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, Immunization program

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