POST 01085E : MENINGOCOCCAL GROUP C VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN

POST 01085E : MENINGOCOCCAL GROUP C VACCINE OUT-OF-THE-COLD-CHAIN 28 April 2007 ____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH shares the following article : "Overcoming the need for a cold chain with conjugated meningococcal Group C vaccine : A controlled, randomized double-blind study in toddlers on the safety and immunogenicity of Menjugate®, stored at room temperature for six months" , by Ines Schöndorf, Angelika Banzhoff, Uwe Nicolay and Francisco Diaz-Mitoma ; Vaccine 25 (2007), 1175-1182. The title is almost an abstract in itself but in brief, authors concluded that the immunogenicity of the vaccine stored at room temperature was not inferior to that stored at 2-8°C. You can download yhis article directly from : http://www.technet21.org/pdf_file/MeningoCvaccine-OCC.pdf ______________________________________________________________________________ All members of the TechNet21 e-Forum are invited to send comments on any posting or to use the forum to raise a new discussion or request technical information in relation to immunization services. The comments made in this forum are the sole responsibility of the writers and do not in any way mean that they are endorsed by any of the organizations and agencies to which the authors may belong. ______________________________________________________________________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[email protected] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________