Patent ID: 6413520
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for boosting in an adult subject an immune response against meningococcal C capsular antigen, said method comprising:(a) administering a first vaccine composition to said adult subject in order to elicit an immune response against a meningococcal species, wherein said first vaccine composition is a meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine composition that comprises meningococcal oligosaccharides from serogroups A and C, wherein the oligosaccharides are conjugated to a carrier molecule, and further wherein the first composition is administered in an amount sufficient to elicit an anti-meningococcal immune response; and (b) administering a second vaccine composition to said adult subject in order to boost the anti-meningococcal response, wherein said second vaccine composition comprises capsular polysaccharides from serogroups A, C, Y and W135, and is administered to the subject about three to four years after the first vaccine composition is administered.