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An Overview of Neisseria meningitidis
, 2019 Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) is a member of the normal nasopharyngeal microbiome in healthy individuals, but can cause septicemia and meningitis in susceptible individuals. In this chapter we provide an overview of the disease caused by N. meningitidis and the schemes used to type the meningococcus. We also review the adhesions, virulence
Hollingshead, S, Tang, C
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Genome flexibility in Neisseria meningitidis
Vaccine, 2009 Neisseria meningitidis usually lives as a commensal bacterium in the upper airways of humans. However, occasionally some strains can also cause life-threatening diseases such as sepsis and bacterial meningitis. Comparative genomics demonstrates that only very subtle genetic differences between carriage and disease strains might be responsible for the ...
Hervé Tettelin +3 more
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Non-equilibrium dynamics of bacterial colonies -- growth, active fluctuations, segregation, adhesion, and invasion [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Colonies of bacteria endowed with a pili-based self-propulsion machinery are ideal models for investigating the structure and dynamics of active many-particle systems. We study Neisseria gonorrhoeae colonies with a molecular-dynamics-based approach. A generic, adaptable simulation method for particle systems with fluctuating bond-like interactions is ...
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BMC Microbiology, 2002 Background Development of sulphonamide resistance in Neisseria meningitidis has been suggested to involve horizontal DNA-transfer from a commensal Neisseria species.
Swedberg Göte, Qvarnström Yvonne
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Advances in Public Health, 2020 Objectives. This study aims to study the epidemiological and geographic characteristics of the meningococcal serogroups four years after the introduction of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine. Methods.
Togbemabou Primous Martial Godjedo +6 more
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Characterization of strains of Neisseria meningitidis causing meningococcal meningitis in Mozambique, 2014: Implications for vaccination against meningococcal meningitis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 INTRODUCTION:In sub Saharan Africa, the epidemiology, including the distribution of serogroups of strains of N. meningitidis is poorly investigated in countries outside "the meningitis belt".
Alcides Moniz Munguambe +7 more
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Neisseria meningitidis: pathogenesis and immunity
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2015 The recent advances in cellular microbiology, genomics, and immunology has opened new horizons in the understanding of meningococcal pathogenesis and in the definition of new prophylactic intervention. It is now clear that Neissera meningitidis has evolved a number of surface structures to mediate interaction with host cells and a number of mechanisms ...
Pizza, Mariagrazia, Rappuoli, Rino
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PLoS Pathogens, 2020 It is increasingly being recognised that the interplay between commensal and pathogenic bacteria can dictate the outcome of infection. Consequently, there is a need to understand how commensals interact with their human host and influence pathogen ...
Rafael Custodio +4 more
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Development of group B meningococcal vaccine: a progress review
Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a respiratory infectious disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis, most commonly manifesting as meningitis and septicaemia.
Wei ZHAO, Shuang BAI, Yan-li KANG
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Hyperinvasive genotypes of Neisseria meningitidis in France [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2008 Clinical isolates of Neisseria meningitidis from cases of meningococcal disease, collected between January 2000 and December 2004, were identified and typed at the French National Reference Centre. A representative subset of 546 isolates from among 2882 isolates was further genotyped by multilocus sequence typing to determine their genetic lineages ...
Zarantonelli, M.L. +7 more
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