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New recommendation on meningitis vaccines for

<p>University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers, as part of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Consortium (IDCRC), provided an interim analysis showing that the pentavalent (NmCV-5) meningitis vaccine is safe for use in 9-month-old infants in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa.&nbsp;They presented their results to the World Health Organization&rsquo;s (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization on September 26.&nbsp;SAGE recommended&nbsp;that all countries in the African meningitis belt introduce the novel pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine targeting serogroups A, C, Y, W and X (Men5CV) into their routine immunization programs in a single-dose schedule at 9 to 18 months of age.&nbsp;</p>
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