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Meningitis C Vaccine may be causing Meningitis 'Super-Bugs' to emerge |
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by Nursing in Practice
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16 June 2008 |
Scientists based in London's Imperial College have identified three strains
with heightened resistance to vaccine-triggered immune responses.
At present there are no reports of emerging vaccine-resistant meningitis C
in the community. However, experts fear if the strains get a foothold they
could undermine the vaccine, introduced into the UK in 1999.
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