Types of meningococcal meningitis vaccine. Multi-polysaccharide vaccine or combined with a protein derived from diphtheria bacteria

There are two types of meningococcal vaccines:
Type 1: A polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4) has been available since 1981 and is given when the latest vaccine is not available, and is given to people between the ages of 11 and 55.
Type II: a modern vaccine combined with a protein derived from the bacteria diphtheria available since 2005 to be the first vaccine and known as the vaccine (MCV4), has become a metaphor for the use of children between 2-10 years since 2007. The vaccine is available in Lebanon as a subcutaneous injection.
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