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Status praesens of invasive maningococcal disease in Croatia - first step towards future vaccination

The N.meningitidis serogroup B is highly predominant in Croatia. Introduction of MenB vaccine could be foreseen in the future because IMD is still challenging public health attention. The data of our study represents good resource of information about PorA distribution among N.meningitidis group B invasive isolates in Croatia and could be valuable for considering multivalent PorA based vaccine or new recombinant vaccine. Summerized content of abstract: The data of PorA characterisation of Croatian invasive isolates could be starting resource for selection of future vaccine candidate at least in Europe.

meningococcus ; sepsis ; meningitis ; vaccine

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