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Bacterial Meningitis [PDF]

, 2021
This timely collection of expert papers draws attention to the global burden of meningitis and the challenges faced by the WHO’s roadmap to defeat meningitis by 2030.
Haroon, Raihanah
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Genetic Diversity of Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine Antigens among Carriage Isolates Collected from Students at Three Universities in the United States, 2015–2016

mBio, 2021
The impact of serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccines on carriage is not completely understood. Using whole-genome sequencing data, we assessed the diversity and distribution of MenB vaccine antigens (particularly FHbp) among 1,514 meningococcal ...
Henju Marjuki, How-Yi Chang, Nadav Topaz, Melissa J. Whaley, Jeni Vuong, Alexander Chen, Laurel T. Jenkins, Fang Hu, Susanna Schmink, Adam C. Retchless, Jennifer D. Thomas, Anna M. Acosta, Lucy A. McNamara, Heidi M. Soeters, Sarah Mbaeyi, Xin Wang   +15 more
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Genetic Features of a Representative Panel of 110 Meningococcal B Isolates to Assess the Efficacy of Meningococcal B Vaccines

mSphere, 2022
Predictions of vaccine efficacy against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) disease are hindered by antigenic variability, limiting the representativeness of individual NmB isolates.
Alessandro Muzzi, Margherita Bodini, Nadav Topaz, Vega Masignani, Kumaran Vadivelu, Henju Marjuki, Xin Wang, Laura Serino, Duccio Medini   +8 more
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Highly Resistant Serotype 19A Streptococcus pneumoniae of the GPSC1/CC320 Clone from Invasive Infections in Poland Prior to Antipneumococcal Vaccination of Children

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2023
Introduction The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) into the national immunization programs (NIPs) has significantly reduced the number of pneumococcal infections.
Weronika Puzia, Jan Gawor, Robert Gromadka, Karolina Żuchniewicz, Izabela Wróbel-Pawelczyk, Patrycja Ronkiewicz, Agnieszka Gołębiewska, Waleria Hryniewicz, Ewa Sadowy, Anna Skoczyńska   +9 more
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Genomic Insights on Variation Underlying Capsule Expression in Meningococcal Carriage Isolates From University Students, United States, 2015–2016

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
In January and February 2015, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) outbreaks occurred at two universities in the United States, and mass vaccination campaigns using MenB vaccines were initiated as part of a public health response.
Melissa J. Whaley, Jeni T. Vuong, Nadav Topaz, How-Yi Chang, Jennifer Dolan Thomas, Laurel T. Jenkins, Fang Hu, Susanna Schmink, Evelene Steward-Clark, Marsenia Mathis, Lorraine D. Rodriguez-Rivera, Adam C. Retchless, Sandeep J. Joseph, Alexander Chen, Anna M. Acosta, Lucy McNamara, Heidi M. Soeters, Sarah Mbaeyi, Henju Marjuki, Xin Wang   +19 more
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The Value of Combined Measuring of the Cerebrospinal Fluid Lactate and ‎Serum Procalcitonin in Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial Meningitis ‎ [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2021
Backgroundand study aim:The differential diagnosis between bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis is a critical clinical issue and ‎searching for reliable and valid markers is required.
Seham Mahrous, Hosam Dawod, Sameh Abdel Monem, Ahmed Alwassief, Ahmed Awadallah   +4 more
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The Efficacy of Bacterial Meningitis Score in Predicting Bacterial Meningitis at Mansoura Fever Hospital [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2023
Background and study aims: Despite the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, the meningitis and the encephalitis are still considered to be important causes of mortality and morbidity.
Mustafa Elshamy, Abeer Abdelkader, Emad Mohamed, Ahmed Gad   +3 more
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Genomic characterization of Haemophilus influenzae: a focus on the capsule locus

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) can cause invasive diseases such as meningitis, pneumonia, or sepsis. Typeable Hi includes six serotypes (a through f), each expressing a unique capsular polysaccharide.
Caelin C. Potts, Nadav Topaz, Lorraine D. Rodriguez-Rivera, Fang Hu, How-Yi Chang, Melissa J. Whaley, Susanna Schmink, Adam C. Retchless, Alexander Chen, Edward Ramos, Gregory H. Doho, Xin Wang   +11 more
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Bacterial meningitis: the role of transforming growth factor-Beta in innate immunity and secondary brain damage [PDF]

, 2007
Project 6 of the NCCR 'Neural Plasticity and Repair' focuses on mechanisms of immunity and tissue damage in autoimmune and infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).
Malipiero, U, Malipiero, Ursula, Pfister, W, Fontana, Adriano, Koedel, U, Pfister, Walter, Fontana, A, Koedel, Uwe   +7 more
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Meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis in Northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2008
Despite improvements in technology, treatments and understanding of how bacterial meningitis develops, the disease remains a potentially life-threatening emergency capable of causing significant morbidity and mortality. N. meningitidis, S.
Forgor, Abdulai Adams
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