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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) is the most common cause of meningococcal disease in adolescents and young adults. In Australia, MenB vaccination has been available through private prescription since 2014 and has been recommended for at-risk ...
Juliana de Oliveira Costa +7 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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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Booster doses of meningococcal conjugate vaccines induce long-term protection against invasive meningococcal disease. We evaluated the immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose of MenACYW-TT in pre-school children who were primed 3 years earlier with ...
Franco M. Piazza +11 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Vaccine Era
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Infection with the meningococcus is one of the main causes of meningitis and septicaemia worldwide. Humans are the only natural reservoir for the meningococcus which is found primarily as a commensal inhabitant in the nasopharynx in ~10% of adults, and ...
Simon Nadel, Nelly Ninis
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 Over the past 15 y, several vaccines have been added to the recommended immunization schedule for adolescents in the United States. In addition to annual influenza vaccination, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends tetanus ...
Linda M. Niccolai, Caitlin E. Hansen
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Survey among Italian experts on existing vaccines’ role in limiting antibiotic resistance
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health problem threatening to reverse the progress made against infectious diseases. The rapid increase of AMR exposes Italian hospitals at increased risk of untreatable infections.
Federico Marchetti +2 more
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World Experience in the Use Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccines (literature review)
Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2022 Relevance. The success of vaccine prophylaxis of meningococcal infection depends on the composition and properties of vaccine preparations and the strict implementation of recommendations on vaccine prophylaxis tactics by the territorial epidemiological ...
I. S. Koroleva, M. A. Koroleva
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Meningococcal Vaccinations [PDF]
Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2016 Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcal bacterium, is a common asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonizer that may infrequently lead to invasive disease in the form of meningitis or bacteremia. Six serogroups (A, B, C, W, X and Y) are responsible for the majority of invasive infections.
Crum-Cianflone, Nancy, Sullivan, Eva
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Geographic correlation between deprivation and risk of meningococcal disease: an ecological study
BMC Public Health, 2004 Background Meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a serious infection which is most common in young children and adolescents. This study investigated the relationships between the incidence and age distribution of meningococcal disease, and ...
Lake Iain R +3 more
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Neisseria meningitidis accumulate in large organs during meningococcal sepsis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 BackgroundNeisseria meningitidis (Nm) is the cause of epidemic meningitis and fulminant meningococcal septicemia. The clinical presentations and outcome of meningococcal septic shock is closely related to the circulating levels of lipopolysaccharides ...
Berit Sletbakk Brusletto +5 more
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