6/9/16
Due to the specific nature of the Neisseria Meningitidis strain tested in the Rutgers Students’ MenB cases, Pfizer’s Trumenba@ vaccine is recommended for best protection, in particular giving the maximum number of doses in the series ( 3 ). Review the State of New Jersey Department of Public Health, the CDC as well as Rutgers University recommendation excerpts & links below.
…“ Therefore, CDC and NJDOH recommend that Trumenba® be administered to help protect against the particular strain present on the Rutgers University–New Brunswick campus. While one or two doses of Bexsero® or Trumenba® will provide some short-term protection against the specific outbreak strain at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the best protection is expected to require completion of the full three-dose series of Trumenba® with the second dose given 1–2 months after the first and the third dose 6 months after the first. “