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Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2007
The Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana lies in the African "meningitis belt" where epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have been reoccurring every eight to 12 years for the last 100 years.
Julia Leimkugel, Abraham Hodgson, Abudulai Adams Forgor, Valentin Pflüger, Jean-Pierre Dangy, Tom Smith, Mark Achtman, Sébastien Gagneux, Gerd Pluschke   +8 more
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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
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Meningococcal disease and meningitis

Jornal de Pediatria, 2007
To review the literature relevant to diagnosis and management of meningococcal disease (MD).Non-systematic review of medical literature through the MEDLINE database using the terms meningococcal, septic shock, diagnosis, and treatment. Articles were selected according to their relevance to the objective of the study and according to the authors ...
Ricardo G, Branco, Carolina F, Amoretti, Robert C, Tasker   +2 more
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Meningococcal septicaemia reported in an immunocompetent adult: A Case Report

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the Gram negative diplococcus, Neisseria meningitidis. It is characterized by nonspecific symptoms of fever and constitutional symptoms followed by septic shock   and meningitis.
S. Puthra, P. Selladurai, N. S. Chandrasiri, A. G. H. Sugathapala   +3 more
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Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing the Perception and Management of Meningitis among Older Patients and Their Caregivers

Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 2022
Limited studies have investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing the management and control of Meningococcal Meningitis among older adults in Northern Nigeria.
Kafayat Mahmoud, Moshood Issah, Darlingtina Esiaka   +2 more
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Assessing the Impact of TLR4 rs4986790 Polymorphism on Bacterial Meningitis Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Background and Objectives: Toll-like receptor (TLR2) gene plays an important role in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis (such as meningococcal meningitis and pneumococcal meningitis).
Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran   +1 more
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Systemic manifestations in the course of meningococcal disease [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background/Aim. Meningococcal disease most often manifests itself as meningitis or sepsis. During the course of these diseases, other clinical events sometimes develop such as pneumonia, pericarditis, arthritis, and they are referred to as extrameningeal
Dulović Olga, Stevanović Goran, Milošević Branko, Gvozdenović Eleonora, Dokić Ljubiša, Popović Nataša, Nikolić Svetlana, Pavlović Milorad   +7 more
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A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The pattern of epidemic meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt may be influenced by the background level of population immunity but this has been measured infrequently.
Olivier Manigart, Caroline Trotter, Helen Findlow, Abraham Assefa, Wude Mihret, Tesfaye Moti Demisse, Biruk Yeshitela, Isaac Osei, Abraham Hodgson, Stephen Laryea Quaye, Samba Sow, Mamadou Coulibaly, Kanny Diallo, Awa Traore, Jean-Marc Collard, Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Oumarou Djermakoye, Ali Elhaji Mahamane, Jean-François Jusot, Cheikh Sokhna, Serge Alavo, Souleymane Doucoure, El Hadj Ba, Mariétou Dieng, Aldiouma Diallo, Doumagoum Moto Daugla, Babatunji Omotara, Daniel Chandramohan, Musa Hassan-King, Maria Nascimento, Arouna Woukeu, Ray Borrow, James M Stuart, Brian Greenwood   +33 more
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Meningococcal purpura fulminans and severe myocarditis with clinical meningitis but no meningeal inflammation: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background During fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms.
Mehdi Hage-Sleiman, Nicolas Derre, Charlotte Verdet, Gilles Pialoux, Olivier Gaudin, Patricia Senet, Muriel Fartoukh, Mathieu Boissan, Marc Garnier   +8 more
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Vaccine prevention of meningococcal disease in Africa: Major advances, remaining challenges

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Africa historically has had the highest incidence of meningococcal disease with high endemic rates and periodic epidemics. The meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa extending from Senegal to Ethiopia, has experienced large, devastating ...
Mustapha M. Mustapha, Lee H. Harrison
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