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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2015

The discovery and development of a novel vaccine to protect against Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Disease.

Gary W Zlotnick, Thomas R Jones, Paul Liberator, Li Hao, Shannon Harris, Lisa K McNeil, Duzhang Zhu, John Perez, Joseph Eiden, Kathrin U Jansen and 1 more

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gary W Zlotnicka Pfizer Vaccine Research; Pearl River, NY USA.
Thomas R Jones
Paul Liberator
Li Hao
Shannon Harris
Lisa K McNeil
Duzhang Zhu
John Perez
Joseph Eiden
Kathrin U Jansen
Annaliesa S Anderson
Pearl River Community College · USPfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines have had a major impact on the reduction of many diseases globally. Vaccines targeted against invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) due to serogroups A, C, W, and Y are used to prevent these diseases. Until recently no vaccine had been identified that could confer broad protection against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MnB). MnB causes IMD in the very young, adolescents and young adults and thus represents a significant unmet medical need. In this brief review, we describe the discovery and development of a vaccine that has the potential for broad protection against this devastating disease.

Indexed as

HumansMeningitis, MeningococcalMeningococcal VaccinesNeisseria meningitidisNeisseria meningitidis, Serogroup BMeningococcal Vaccinesfactor H binding proteinNeisseria meningitidisSerogroup Bserum bactericidal assay with human complement (hSBA)vaccine

Identifiers

PMID25483509
PMCPMC4514153
OpenAlexW2029875065

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