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1. Children randomized to the MenA group rather than the Vi-TT group were more likely to be diagnosed with typhoid fever. 2. Overall Vi-TT vaccine efficacy was 78.3% with the highest efficacy seen for children aged 2-4 years. Evidence Rating Level: 1 (Excellent) Study Rundown: Typhoid conjugate vaccines in Africa and Asia have shown high
SK bioscience and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) announced today that the typhoid conjugate vaccine developed by SK bioscience with technology transfer from IVI has achieved the World Health Organization prequalification (PQ), which paves the way for public procurement of the vaccine by UN organizations and gives a boost to the global TCV supply.