The new vaccine will save children with meningitis

According to the British and Canadian scientists, a new type of meningitis vaccine increases the immunity of the child at the age of six months and provides a new weapon in the fight against this terrible infection, reports Reuters. A vaccine against the four most common meningococcal infections addressed. Meningitis - the deadly bacterial disease that causes inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord. This is especially true for infants aged 3 to 12 months. It has already been tested in the United States created earlier vaccine. According to Matthew Snape (Matthew Snape) from a UK university, it has a weak protection for infants who are most at risk. The scientists hope that. With the new vaccine number of children drops significantly from this terrible disease This vaccine is for the four groups of bacterial meningitis: A, C, Y and W-135. Snipe (Snape) and his colleagues studied the efficacy and safety of a new vaccine, called MenACWY by them. In 421 babies in the UK and Canada The investigations have received the vaccine at two, three and four months developed antibodies to all four groups of children infected in 92% of cases. It has been proven that the vaccine is effective, but so far scientists have not able to prove how safe it is. Must track the duration of resistance to hold against disease, to determine the right dose and the period of the vaccine, according to Dr. Lee Harrison (Lee Harrison) from the University of Pittsburgh.