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Acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia as the sole manifestation of meningococcal meningitis

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2010
Acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia is a very rare manifestation of meningococcal meningitis, with only a few cases reported in the literature.
Wanis H. Ibrahim, Osama R. Elalamy, Sanjay H. Doiphode, Hassan Mobyaed, Adham Darweesh   +4 more
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Meningococcal meningitis C in Tamil Nadu, public health perspectives

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2014
Meningococcal meningitis has rarely been reported in Tamil Nadu. We report here two children diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on May 2014. The causative strain was Neisseria meningitidis serotype C.
Kirubah Vasandhi David, Ruby Angeline Pricilla, Beeson Thomas   +2 more
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient with Meningococcal Meningitis

Oman Medical Journal, 2018
Meningococcal meningitis has a wide range of neurological complications. However, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) following infection with Neisseria meningitidis is uncommon.
Sudhir Kumar Palat Chirakkara1*, , Abdul Rahim Ali Bakhsh2, , Aparna Kalyani Pariyadath3 and , Balamurugan Rathinavelu   +3 more
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How Do Climatic Factors Directly Influence the Incidence and Risk of Meningococcal Meningitis Across the African Meningitis Belt? A Narrative Literature Review. [PDF]

Geohealth
Abstract Globally, the highest incidence of meningococcal meningitis occurs within the African meningitis belt, spanning 26 countries across sub‐Saharan Africa. Meningococcal meningitis incidence is highly seasonal in this region specifically, with outbreaks mostly occurring during the dry season, characterized by low rainfall and atmospheric humidity,
Cliff M, Diallo K, Yapi RB, Tano ABD, Jahn S, Wainwright CM, Trotter C.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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Continuing effectiveness of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, Chad, 2013. [PDF]

, 2015
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad.
Greenwood, Brian M, Ngadoua, C, Kadidja Gamougam, Dominique A. Caugant, Trotter, Caroline L, Toralta, J, Greenwood, B M, Ngadoua, Cyriaque, Fermon, Florence, Manigart, Olivier, Daugla, D M, Olivier Manigart, Daugla, Doumagoum M, Florence Fermon, Page, A-L, Caugant, D A, Djingarey, M H, Doumagoum M. Daugla, Fermon, F, James M. Stuart, Page, Anne-Laure, Trotter, C L, Caugant, Dominique A, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, Anne-Laure Page, Mamoudou Djingarey, Gamougam, Kadidja, Cyriaque Ngadoua, Toralta, Jacques, Stuart, J M, Stuart, James M, Gamougam, K, Manigart, O, Caroline L. Trotter, Jacques Toralta, Brian M. Greenwood   +35 more
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Environmental risk and meningitis epidemics in Africa. [PDF]

, 2003
Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis occur in areas with particular environmental characteristics. We present evidence that the relationship between the environment and the location of these epidemics is quantifiable and propose a model based on ...
Stephen J. Connor, Anna M. Molesworth, Molesworth, Anna M., Connor, Stephen J, Connor, Stephen J., Thomson, Madeleine C., Cuevas, Luis E, Morse, Andrew P., Molesworth, Anna M, Andrew P. Morse, Luis E. Cuevas, Thomson, Madeleine C, Morse, Andrew P, Madeleine C. Thomson, Cuevas, Luis   +14 more
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Investigating the aetiology of and evaluating the impact of the Men C vaccination programme on probable meningococcal disease in England and Wales. [PDF]

, 2006
The aims were to (1) investigate the aetiology of probable meningococcal disease, where a clinical diagnosis is made in the absence of laboratory data, and (2) evaluate the impact of the Men C vaccination programme in England and Wales.
Davison, KL, Granerod, J, Crowcroft, NS, Ramsay, ME   +3 more
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Current status and challenges of meningococcal vaccines development in China

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
Vaccination is the most effective and economical way to prevent meningococcal meningitis. In the past few decades, with widespread use of meningococcal vaccines, the incidence of meningococcal meningitis has dropped significantly. There are some vaccines
Ying-hua XU, Ya-nan LI, Qiang YE
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Molecular epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2001
Meningococcal disease remains a major public health concern, especially in the African Meningitis Belt where large meningitis epidemics with attack rates of up to 500/100,000 recur every 8-12 years.
Gagneux, Sébastien
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