What Is a Meningitis Vaccine?

Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine

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Chinese name

Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine

English name

meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine

definition

Neisseria meningococcal A, C, Y or W-135 capsular polysaccharide antigen preparation. Divided into monovalent A or C, bivalent A and C and 4-valent vaccine. It is used for immunization of people over 2 years of age in high-risk groups and routine vaccination of military recruits.

Applied discipline

Immunology (first-level discipline), applied immunology (second-level discipline), immunoprevention (third-level discipline)

The above content was published by the National Science and Technology Terminology Examination Committee.