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  • Title: Menactra: a meningococcal conjugate vaccine.
    Journal: Med Lett Drugs Ther; 2005 Apr 11; 47(1206):29-31. PubMed ID: 15821633.
    Abstract:
    Menactra is the first conjugated meningococcal vaccine approved in the US. It protects against meningococcal serogroups A, C, Y and W-135. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends administration of the new vaccine to pre-adolescents aged 11 or 12, teens entering high school and college freshmen living in dormitories. These broad recommendations have led to a shortage of the new vaccine. Menomune, the old unconjugated quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine, is also effective in these age groups and could still be used.
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