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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical

MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
A review of an introduction to the mechanisms of formation of OMVs, their action on bacteria and relationship to disease, vaccines, biomonitoring, drug delivery and regenerative medicine in the clinic. ABSTRACT Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth.
Jun Zhou, Shuang Zou, Derong Dai, Liqing He, Xingyu Mou, Ninglin Zhao, Hong Li, Rui Bao   +7 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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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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Adjuvants : an essential component of neisseria vaccines [PDF]

, 2009
Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action. Neisseria vaccines containing traditional adjuvants such as aluminium salts have existed for long time, but meningitis ...
Acevedo, R., Balbao, J., Cabrera, O., Cuello, M., del Campo, J., Ferro, Valerie A., Gonzales, E., Romeu, B., Zayas, C.   +8 more
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Epidemic Meningococcal Meningitis, Cameroon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
To the Editor: In 2010, the city of Ngaoundere in Cameroon experienced its first reported epidemic of meningococcal meningitis. Ngaoundere, with an estimated population of 180,000, is the main city in the Adamaoua region in northern Cameroon. The 2 northernmost regions of Cameroon, North and Far North, are considered to belong to the African meningitis
H. Hamadicko, Dominique A. Caugant, D. Vohod, D. Massenet   +3 more
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Mediterranean Cyclones in a Changing Climate: A Review on Their Socio‐Economic Impacts

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract The Mediterranean Basin, renowned for its cultural, ecological, and climatic significance, frequently endures high‐impact weather events driven by Mediterranean cyclones (Medcyclones), atmospheric low‐pressure systems characterized by counterclockwise wind circulation. These meteorological phenomena, sometimes comparable to hurricanes in their
Samira Khodayar, Jonilda Kushta, Jennifer L. Catto, Stavros Dafis, Silvio Davolio, Christian Ferrarin, Emmanouil Flaounas, Pieter Groenemeijer, Maria Hatzaki, Assaf Hochman, Vassiliki Kotroni, Jaromir Landa, Ilona Láng‐Ritter, Georgia Lazoglou, Margarida L. R. Liberato, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Katerina Papagiannaki, Platon Patlakas, Robert Stojanov, George Zittis   +19 more
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Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed ...
Clark, Thomas A, Cohn, Amanda C, Farley, Monica M, Hall, H Irene, Harris, Christine M, Harrison, Lee H, Lee, Adria, Li, Jianmin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica R, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry M, Zell, Elizabeth   +17 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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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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Bacterial meningitis epidemiology and return of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A cases in Burkina Faso in the five years following MenAfriVac mass vaccination campaign. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Historically, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) caused large meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2010, Burkina Faso became the first country to implement a national meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine (MACV) campaign.
Alpha Oumar Diallo, Heidi M Soeters, Issaka Yameogo, Guetawendé Sawadogo, Flavien Aké, Clément Lingani, Xin Wang, Andre Bita, Amadou Fall, Lassana Sangaré, Rasmata Ouédraogo-Traoré, Isaïe Medah, Brice Bicaba, Ryan T Novak, MenAfriNet Consortium   +14 more
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