PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE, PREPARATION THEREOF, MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE AND METHOD OF INDUCING ACTIVE IMMUNITY

摘要

A multivalent pneumococcal vaccine of the group consisting of immunogenic amounts of purified pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (substantially absent "C" polysaccharide) of pneumococcal types (Danish designation) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6A, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 12F, 14, 18C, 19F, 20, 23F, and 25 and combinations thereof and methods of purifying pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6A, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 12F, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F and 25.