A 44-year-old member asked:
Which vaccine is better to get: meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine or meningococcal conjugate vaccine?
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Dr. Larry Lutwick answered
48 years experience in Infectious Disease
Conjugate in theory: Conjugating the Meningococcal capsule polysaccharide to a protein backbone makes it useful in children less than 2years and facilitates immunologic memory but there are no head to head efficacy trials.
Answered on Jul 29, 2014
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