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The Current Landscape and Future Prospects of Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities: A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Africa has significant challenges in meeting its vaccination needs, including inadequate manufacturing capacity, infrastructure deficiencies, a scarcity of experienced personnel, regulatory hurdles, restricted access to technology and intellectual property.
Courage Chandipwisa, Agness Shimilimo, Olivier Uwishema, Helen Onyeaka   +3 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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Brain Abscesses Complicating Bacterial Meningitis—A Nationwide Cohort Study From the Netherlands

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 33, Issue 2, February 2026.
Prevalence, pathogen distribution, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of brain abscess in bacterial meningitis was assessed in this study. ABSTRACT Background Brain abscesses rarely complicate bacterial meningitis while their clinical characteristics and outcomes have not been systematically assessed.
Fabian D. Liechti, Evelien H. G. M. Drost, Merijn W. Bijlsma, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek   +4 more
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A case of invasive meningococcal disease presenting as myopericarditis

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2021
Background: Neisseria meningitidis is a universally-feared Gram negative diplococcus, and infection confers high rates of morbidity and mortality despite effective antimicrobial therapy.
Simon M. Durkin, Clemency Britton, Graham S. Cooke, Ravi Mehta   +3 more
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Stewardship of Molecular Diagnostics in Transplant Viral Infections

Transplant Infectious Disease, Volume 28, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT The transplant environment requires special considerations when testing for viral infections as immunosuppression results in atypical infection profiles. Microbes otherwise considered commensals or causing mild disease can lead to severe infections in transplant environments. Therefore, guidelines tend to recommend broader microbial testing in
Scott Sugden, David Reynoso, Reema Mathew, Michael Loeffelholz   +3 more
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Fragment Templates in Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Synthesis: Design Strategies, Critical Factors, and Analytical Applications

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The utilization of fragment templates in molecular imprinting polymer (MIP) synthesis attracts significant interest in its potential to create polymers with high specificity in recognizing target molecules. The primary advantage of fragment templates lies in their capacity to extract target molecules by focusing on specific components, thus forming ...
Ezra Calista Hutapea, Diva Dhaifina Mazaya Priana, Driyanti Rahayu, Aliya Nur Hasanah, Mohammad Rezwan Habib   +4 more
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The attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge of healthcare professionals towards the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of bacterial meningitis in Turkey

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
Introduction: Bacterial meningitis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and adults. Better understanding of the seroepidemiology of meningitis is critical for both the selection and implementation of an effective ...
Meltem Dinleyici, Merve Iseri Nepesov, Oguz Resat Sipahi, Kursat Bora Carman, Omer Kilic, Ener Cagri Dinleyici   +5 more
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Autosplenectomy in a Patient With Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 2 (APS‐2)

Case Reports in Endocrinology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Autoimmune glandular syndrome type 2 is a complex genetic condition where a triad of endocrinopathies is involved, namely, Addison’s disease, type 1 diabetes, and/or autoimmune thyroid disorder. The disease predisposes one to a variety of other autoimmune associations.
Luqman S. Fauzi, Airin Jyoty, Yashwin Sredharan, Manohara Kenchaiah, Osamu Isozaki   +4 more
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Development of MenFive®, an affordable pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (ACYWX) for Africa and beyond

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Wide use of the groundbreaking vaccine MenAfriVac® has eliminated serogroup A meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt and paved the way for elimination of all meningococcal disease outbreaks with the development, licensure, and ...
Mark R. Alderson, Katie Regan, Lionel Martellet, Nancy Hosken, Prasad S. Kulkarni, Sambhaji S. Pisal, F. Marc LaForce, Rajeev M. Dhere   +7 more
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Meningococcal Vaccines: Current Status and Emerging Strategies

Vaccines, 2018
Neisseria meningitidis causes most cases of bacterial meningitis. Meningococcal meningitis is a public health burden to both developed and developing countries throughout the world.
Pumtiwitt C. McCarthy, Abeer Sharyan, Laleh Sheikhi Moghaddam   +2 more
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