Results 81 to 90 of about 66,204 (154)

Potential Coverage of the 4CMenB Vaccine against Invasive Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Isolated from 2009 to 2013 in the Republic of Ireland

mSphere, 2018
Neisseria meningitidis is a common cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults worldwide. The 4CMenB vaccine (Bexsero), developed to combat meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease, contains subcapsular antigens that may induce immunity ...
Robert M. Mulhall, Desiree Bennett, Robert Cunney, Ray Borrow, Jay Lucidarme, Jamie Findlow, Keith A. Jolley, James Bray, Martin C. J. Maiden, Monica Moschioni, Laura Serino, Maria Stella, Duccio Medini   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

OTITIC MENINGITIS

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1918
n ...
openaire   +1 more source

Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Streptococcus pneumoniae in COVID-19 Pandemic Era in Brazil

Microorganisms
Despite the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine, Streptococcus pneumoniae remains a cause of invasive diseases in Brazil. This study provides the distribution of serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns for pneumococcal isolates before ...
Samanta C. G. Almeida, Ana Paula S. de Lemos, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Cássio de Moraes, Maria Cristina de Cunto Brandileone   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease-causing lineages among South African children

Nature Communications
Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to non-vaccine serotypes after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) remains a global concern.
Cebile Lekhuleni, Kedibone Ndlangisa, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Sopio Chochua, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Yuan Li, Jackie Kleynhans, Linda de Gouveia, Scott Hazelhurst, Ana D. S. Ferreira, Happy Skosana, Sibongile Walaza, Vanessa Quan, Susan Meiring, Paulina A. Hawkins, Lesley McGee, Stephen D. Bentley, Cheryl Cohen, Stephanie W. Lo, Anne von Gottberg, Mignon du Plessis   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Etiology of Meningitis [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1897
n ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Meningitis A [PDF]

Serogroup A Meningococcal Meningitis threatens the lives of 450 million people across 26 countries in Africa\u2019s meningitis belt, mostly children and young adults.Historically, 8 in 10 cases of meningitis in this region were caused by serogroup A ...

core   +2 more sources

Incidence and transmission of respiratory syncytial virus in urban and rural South Africa, 2017-2018

Nature Communications
Data on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) incidence and household transmission are limited. To describe RSV incidence and transmission, we conducted a prospective cohort study in rural and urban communities in South Africa over two seasons during 2017 ...
Cheryl Cohen, Jackie Kleynhans, Jocelyn Moyes, Meredith L. McMorrow, Florette K. Treurnicht, Orienka Hellferscee, Nicole Wolter, Neil A. Martinson, Kathleen Kahn, Limakatso Lebina, Katlego Mothlaoleng, Floidy Wafawanaka, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Thulisa Mkhencele, Azwifarwi Mathunjwa, Maimuna Carrim, Angela Mathee, Stuart Piketh, Brigitte Language, Anne von Gottberg, Stefano Tempia   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1984
openaire   +2 more sources

Burden of SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe illness in South Africa (March 2020–August 2022): a synthesis of epidemiological data

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Data on the burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections by age group and for different severity levels are lacking. We estimated the South African SARS-CoV-2 disease burden and severity, describing changes in the shape of the disease burden pyramid with
Juliet R C Pulliam, Debbie Bradshaw, Waasila Jassat, Cheryl Cohen, Anne von Gottberg, Stefano Tempia, Jackie Kleynhans, Kaiyuan Sun, Larisse Bolton, Sibongile Walaza, Rob Dorrington, Neil Martenson, Nicole Wolter   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of clinical outcomes in pediatric bacterial meningitis focusing on patients without cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis

, 2017
Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell count and biochemical examinations and cultures form the basis for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. However, some patients do not have typical findings and are at a higher risk of being missed or having ...
Lin, Wen-Li;Chi, Hsin;Huang, Fu-Yuan;Huang, Daniel Tsung-Ning;Chiu, Nan-Chang
core   +1 more source