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4CMenB vaccine coverage of invasive serogroup B meningococci collected in Belgium between 2016 and 2022

Surveillance de la santé et des maladies  
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DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2547514 [2]

Auteurs

Goeders, Nathalie [3]; Vanneste, Kevin [4]; Roosens, Nancy H.C. [5]; Bogaerts, Bert [6]; Wesley Mattheus [7]

Mots-clés

  1. Immunization [8]
  2. meningococcal disease [9]
  3. Neisseria meningitides [10]
  4. Serogroup B [11]
  5. vaccine coverage [12]

Résumé:

Neisseria meningitidis infections can cause life-threatening meningitis and septicemia. In Europe, serogroup B (MenB) is the leading cause of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), particularly in young children. Genomic surveillance of circulating MenB strains through whole genome sequencing (WGS) provides a powerful tool to assess the potential impact of vaccination strategies, including the 4CMenB vaccine, which is available for infants from 2 months of age. Here, we present a retrospective WGS based analysis of clinical MenB IMD cases (n = 311) recovered in Belgium from 2016 to 2022 by t…
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Résumé

Neisseria meningitidis infections can cause life-threatening meningitis and septicemia. In Europe, serogroup B (MenB) is the leading cause of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), particularly in young children. Genomic surveillance of circulating MenB strains through whole genome sequencing (WGS) provides a powerful tool to assess the potential impact of vaccination strategies, including the 4CMenB vaccine, which is available for infants from 2 months of age. Here, we present a retrospective WGS based analysis of clinical MenB IMD cases (n = 311) recovered in Belgium from 2016 to 2022 by the Belgian National Reference Center. High-quality WGS data were obtained for 281 of these strains, demonstrating high genetic diversity of the antigen targets included in the 4-component meningococcal serogroup B vaccine 4CMenB (fHbp, PorA, NHBA and NadA) and at the 4CMenB Antigen Sequence Types (BAST) level. Novel antigen combinations, not yet assigned a BAST ID, were detected in 23.5% of isolates. Vaccine coverage was predicted using the Genetic Meningococcal Antigen Typing System (gMATS) and the Meningococcal Deduced Vaccine Antigen Reactivity (MenDeVAR) index. Of the 281 strains, 79.5% (lower limit–upper limit: 68.0–91.5%) were predicted to be covered by the vaccine by gMATS, and 80.7% (lower limit–upper limit: 66.5–95.4%) by MenDeVAR. No evidence of variation in vaccine coverage was found throughout the study period nor between different age groups, demonstrating the broad applicability of 4CMenB. This study highlights the benefits of a pathogen surveillance program and the need for experimental characterization of continuously evolving antigenic subvariants of Neisseria meningitidis.

Associated health topics:

Infections invasives à méningocoques [13]

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[1] https://sciensano.be/sites/default/files/4cmenb_vaccine_coverage_of_invasive_serogroup_b_meningococci_collected_in_belgium_between_2016_and_2022_1.pdf [2] https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2025.2547514 [3] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=192139&f%5Bsearch%5D=Goeders%2C%20Nathalie [4] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=191604&f%5Bsearch%5D=Vanneste%2C%20Kevin [5] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=192101&f%5Bsearch%5D=Roosens%2C%20Nancy%20H.C. [6] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bauthor%5D=191602&f%5Bsearch%5D=Bogaerts%2C%20Bert [7] https://sciensano.be/fr/people/wesley-mattheus/biblio [8] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=2439&f%5Bsearch%5D=Immunization [9] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=38985&f%5Bsearch%5D=meningococcal%20disease [10] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=38986&f%5Bsearch%5D=Neisseria%20meningitides [11] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=38928&f%5Bsearch%5D=Serogroup%20B [12] https://sciensano.be/fr/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=37756&f%5Bsearch%5D=vaccine%20coverage [13] https://sciensano.be/fr/sujets-sante/infections-invasives-a-meningocoques