London, Aug 19 IANS | 1 year ago

British investigators have discovered two new vaccines that can prevent the transmission of meningitis bacteria from person to person.

The vaccines do this by reducing "carriage" of the responsible bacteria in the nose and throats of the population.


"The new findings tell us that the vaccines also have an effect on carriage in the throat and explains why they can be so effective across the population," said Robert Read, a professor of infectious diseases at University of Southampton.

The study took place over 10 centres across Britain and tested the effectiveness of two meningitis vaccines - MenACWY-CRM and 4CMenB - on participants aged 18 to 24.


MenACWY-CRM was shown to reduce carriage rates by 39 percent while the 4CMenB vaccine reduced carriage rates by between 20 and 30 percent.



(Posted on 19-08-2014)

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