Possible meningococcal vaccine found
The potential vaccine seems to protect against a wide range of meningococcal B bacterium strains. Image: rudigobbo/iStockphoto Researchers are an important step closer to finding a vaccine that protects against a wide range of strains of meningococcal B - the most common cause of meningococcal disease in Western Australia.New research published Online First in The Lancet Infectious Diseases showed the trials of the potential vaccine had found it to be safe and that it stimulated an effective immune response.The report's author, Associate Professor Peter Richmond, from The University of Western Australia, heads the Vaccine Trials Group, a collaboration between the UWA-affiliated Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and Princess Margaret Hospital."The development of a vaccine to protect against multiple strains of meningococcal B is particularly important in Western Australia and in many regions of Europe and North America where this particular type of meningococcal disease is most prevalent," Dr Richmond said."While children...