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Fractional dose of scarce meningitis vaccine may be effective in outbreak control

Published December 1, 2008, 5:28 pm, EurekAlert!

( Public Library of Science ) A partial dose of a commonly used vaccine against meningitis may be as effective as a full dose, according to new research published Dec. 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Fractional dosing would enable large-scale vaccination campaigns during epidemics, especially at a time of global vaccine shortages.

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