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Preventing invasive meningococcal disease in early infancy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
This review considers the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in infants, to examine and critique meningococcal disease prevention in this population through vaccination.
Jessica Presa, Lidia Serra, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Laura York   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2013
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a major public health and continues to cause substantial mortality and morbidity. Serotype C is the most frequent in Brazil.
Vanessa L. Strelow, Jose E. Vidal
doaj   +6 more sources

Risk of sequelae after invasive meningococcal disease [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a rare but severe bacterial infection, of which a high proportion of survivors are affected by sequelae.
Sidsel Skou Voss, J. Nielsen, P. Valentiner-Branth   +2 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Population-based study of influenza and invasive meningococcal disease among Greek children during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2022
Background Aiming to the containment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments worldwide have implemented a series of non-pharmaceutical interventions.
Theoklis Zaoutis, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Danai Ktena, Eleni Kourkouni, Flora Kontopidou, Kassiani Gkolfinopoulou, Kalliopi Papadima, Theano Georgakopoulou, Ioanna Magaziotou, Anastasia Andreopoulou, Georgina Tzanakaki   +10 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Post-COVID World: Patterns of Disease Rebound. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel)
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a global health threat with an unpredictable epidemiology that varies regionally and over time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Consortium reported widespread ...
Findlow J, Htar MTT, Villena R, Balmer P.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Invasive meningococcal disease and travel

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2010
Summary: The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease varies geographically and in time and the risk of acquiring the disease varies regionally, as well as with living conditions and behavior.
Ziad A. Memish, Anette Goubeaud, Michael Bröker, Claudius Malerczyk, Atef M. Shibl   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Understanding the Sequelae of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the United States. [PDF]

Infect Dis Ther
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an uncommon but serious and potentially fatal condition that can result in reduced life expectancy and a broad spectrum of sequelae, many of which may be lifelong and devastating for those who survive the acute ...
Marshall GS, McCormick ZL, Johns JS, Verduzco-Gutierrez M, Herrera-Restrepo O, Harrison LH.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evaluating the effectiveness of the 4CMenB vaccine against invasive meningococcal disease and gonorrhoea in an infant, child and adolescent program: protocol

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Invasive meningococcal disease causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, with serogroup B being one of the predominant serogroups in Australia for many years.
Helen S. Marshall, Prabha H. Andraweera, Bing Wang, Mark McMillan, Ann P. Koehler, Noel Lally, Sara Almond, Emma Denehy, Michele A’Houre, Lynne C. Giles, Louise Flood   +10 more
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Impact of meningococcal B vaccine on invasive meningococcal disease in adolescents.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021
BACKGROUND From 2017 a state-wide cluster randomized trial was conducted in South Australia to assess the impact of the meningococcal B vaccine 4CMenB on pharyngeal N. meningitidis carriage in adolescents.
M. McMillan, Bing Wang, A. Koehler, Thomas R Sullivan, H. Marshall   +4 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Association of secondhand smoke exposure with pediatric invasive bacterial disease and bacterial carriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2010
BackgroundA number of epidemiologic studies have observed an association between secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure and pediatric invasive bacterial disease (IBD) but the evidence has not been systematically reviewed.
Chien-Chang Lee, Nicole A Middaugh, Stephen R C Howie, Majid Ezzati   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources