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Meningococcal disease: changes in epidemiology and prevention

Clinical Epidemiology, 2012
Qiuzhi Chang,1 Yih-Ling Tzeng,2 David S Stephens1–31Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 2Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 3Laboratories of Microbial Pathogenesis, Department
Chang Q, Tzeng YL, Stephens DS
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Meningococcal disease in children in Merseyside, England : a 31 year descriptive study [PDF]

, 2011
Meningococcal disease (MCD) is the leading infectious cause of death in early childhood in the United Kingdom, making it a public health priority. MCD most commonly presents as meningococcal meningitis (MM), septicaemia (MS), or as a combination of the ...
Hart, C. Anthony, Marzouk, Omnia, Paize, Fauzia, Taylor-Robinson, David, Makwana, Nick, Carrol, Enitan D., Baines, Paul B., Harris, David, Hackett, Scott J., Riordan, F. Andrew I., Thomson, Alistair P. J., Diggle, Peter J., Stanton, Michelle C.   +12 more
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Investigating the aetiology of and evaluating the impact of the Men C vaccination programme on probable meningococcal disease in England and Wales. [PDF]

, 2006
The aims were to (1) investigate the aetiology of probable meningococcal disease, where a clinical diagnosis is made in the absence of laboratory data, and (2) evaluate the impact of the Men C vaccination programme in England and Wales.
Davison, KL, Granerod, J, Crowcroft, NS, Ramsay, ME   +3 more
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Temporal associations between national outbreaks of meningococcal serogroup W and C disease in the Netherlands and England: an observational cohort study

The Lancet Public Health, 2017
Background: Since 2009, the incidence of meningococcal serogroup W disease has increased rapidly in the UK because of a single strain (the so-called original UK strain) belonging to the hypervirulent sequence type-11 clonal complex (cc11), with a variant
Dr Mirjam J Knol, PhD, Susan J M Hahné, PhD, Jay Lucidarme, PhD, Helen Campbell, MSc, Hester E de Melker, PhD, Stephen J Gray, PhD, Prof Ray Borrow, FRCPath, Shamez N Ladhani, MRCPCH, Mary E Ramsay, FFPHM, Arie van der Ende, PhD   +9 more
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Imaging of disease dynamics during meningococcal sepsis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis is a human pathogen that causes septicemia and meningitis with high mortality. The disease progression is rapid and much remains unknown about the disease process. The understanding of disease development is crucial for development
Hong Sjölinder, Ann-Beth Jonsson
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Meningococcal Disease and Related Vaccinations: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Healthcare Workers Who Provide Care to Patients with Underlying High-Risk Medical Conditions

Vaccines, 2020
This cross-sectional study assessed knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding meningococcal disease and related vaccinations among healthcare workers (HCWs) who provided care to patients with underlying high-risk medical conditions.
Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Concetta P. Pelullo, Giorgia Della Polla, Maria Pavia   +3 more
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Meningococcal disease before and after the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine. Federal District, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014
Objectives: To analyze the behavior of meningococcal disease in the Federal District, Brazil, from 2005 to 2011, and to assess the direct impact of the meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine.
Márcia de Cantuária Tauil, Cleidiane Santos Rodrigues de Carvalho, Ataiza César Vieira, Eliseu Alves Waldman   +3 more
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Risk of transmitting meningococcal infection by transient contact on aircraft and other transport. [PDF]

, 2009
Contact tracing of persons with meningococcal disease who have travelled on aeroplane or other multi-passenger transport is not consistent between countries.
Rachael, T., Stuart, J.M., T. RACHAEL, Schubert, K, J. M. STUART, W. HELLENBRAND, G. KRAUSE, Stuart, JM, K. SCHUBERT, Krause, Gérard, Hellenbrand, Wiebke, Schubert, K., Rachael, T, Hellenbrand, W, Krause, G   +14 more
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Fatal Nongroupable Neisseria meningitidis Disease in Vaccinated Patient Receiving Eculizumab

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Patients receiving eculizumab have an increased risk for meningococcal disease, but most reported cases are attributable to encapsulated meningococcal strains.
Deirdre Nolfi-Donegan, Monica Konar, Vianca Vianzon, Jessica MacNeil, James Cooper, Perrianne Lurie, Judi Sedivy, Xin Wang, Dan M. Granoff, Lucy McNamara   +9 more
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Preventing invasive meningococcal disease in early infancy

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
This review considers the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in infants, to examine and critique meningococcal disease prevention in this population through vaccination.
Jessica Presa, Lidia Serra, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Laura York   +3 more
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