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. 2020 Nov 13;10(1):307–316. doi: 10.1007/s40121-020-00370-x

Table 1.

Number and percentage of non-MenB isolates killed in hSBA by adolescent 4CMenB-elicited immune sera at different bactericidal titers in the Euro-3 and Brazilian panels, by serogroup and time point

hSBA titers MenC MenW MenY All
Pre-vac Post-vac Pre-vac Post-vac Pre-vac Post-vac Pre-vac Post-vac
Euro-3 panel N = 76 N = 28 N = 23 N = 127
 ≥ 1:4 2 (2.6) 40 (52.6) 4 (14.3) 20 (71.4) 5 (21.7) 15 (65.2) 11 (8.7) 75 (59.1)
 ≥ 1:8 0 (0.0) 33 (43.4) 3 (10.7) 20 (71.4) 3 (13.0) 15 (65.2) 6 (4.7) 68 (53.5)
 ≥ 1:16 0 (0.0) 28 (36.8) 3 (10.7) 20 (71.4) 2 (8.7) 14 (60.9) 5 (3.9) 62 (48.8)
 ≥ 1:32 0 (0.0) 25 (32.9) 2 (7.1) 19 (67.9) 1 (4.3) 9 (39.1) 3 (2.4) 53 (41.7)
 ≥ 1:64 0 (0.0) 23 (30.3) 1 (3.6) 15 (53.6) 1 (4.3) 6 (26.1) 2 (1.6) 44 (34.6)
 ≥ 1:128 0 (0.0) 17 (22.4) 0 (0.0) 12 (42.9) 1 (4.3) 2 (8.7) 1 (0.8) 31 (24.4)
Brazilian panel N = 4 N = 7 N = 9 N = 20
 ≥ 1:4 0 (0.0) 4 (100) 0 (0.0) 6 (85.7) 0 (0.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 16 (80.0)
 ≥ 1:8 0 (0.0) 4 (100) 0 (0.0) 6 (85.7) 0 (0.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 16 (80.0)
 ≥ 1:16 0 (0.0) 4 (100) 0 (0.0) 5 (71.4) 0 (0.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 15 (75.0)
 ≥ 1:32 0 (0.0) 3 (75.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (71.4) 0 (0.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 14 (70.0)
 ≥ 1:64 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (71.4) 0 (0.0) 6 (66.7) 0 (0.0) 11 (55.0)
 ≥ 1:128 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (71.4) 0 (0.0) 4 (44.4) 0 (0.0) 9 (45.0)

Data are presented as number and percentage of isolates killed in hSBA at the indicated titer

Men meningococcal serogroup, hSBA serum bactericidal antibody assay using human complement, N number of strains tested in hSBA with the 4CMenB-elicited immune sera, pre-vac pre-vaccination, post-vac post-vaccination (post-dose 2)