PEPTIDES THAT MIMIC NON-HUMAN CROSS-REACTIVE PROTECTIVE EPITOPES OF THE GROUP B MENINGOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE COMPRISING THE MOTIF DAGE OR DAGD
Disclosed is a peptide that is a molecular mimetic of an epitope of Neissera meningtidis serogroup B (MenB) capsular polysaccharide and does not cross-react immunologically with polysialic acid (PSA) of humans, wherein said peptide induces serum bactericidal activity against MenB and comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 6-11 and 13.