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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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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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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, Michelle C Stanton, Alistair P. J. Thomson, Paul B Baines, Hackett Scott J., Riordan F. Andrew I., Taylor-Robinson, David, Scott J. Hackett, Carrol, Enitan D., Peter J Diggle, Peter J. Diggle, Taylor-Robinson David, Baines, Paul B., Stanton Michelle C., Baines Paul B., Riordan, F. Andrew I., Thomson, Alistair P. J., Stanton, Michelle C., F Andrew I Riordan, Alistair P J Thomson, Nick Makwana, Paize, Fauzia, David Taylor-Robinson, David Harris, Michelle C. Stanton, Diggle Peter J., F. Andrew I. Riordan, Makwana Nick, Fauzia Paize, Harris David, Scott J Hackett, C Anthony Hart, Enitan D. Carrol, Makwana, Nick, Paize Fauzia, Paul B. Baines, Thomson Alistair P. J., Marzouk Omnia, Harris, David, Hart C. Anthony, C. Anthony Hart, Hackett, Scott J., Diggle, Peter J., Omnia Marzouk, Carrol Enitan D., Enitan D Carrol   +46 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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Molecular epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Northern Ghana [PDF]

, 2001
Meningococcal disease remains a major public health concern, especially in the African Meningitis Belt where large meningitis epidemics with attack rates of up to 500/100,000 recur every 8-12 years.
Gagneux, Sébastien
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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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Sibling familial risk ratio of meningococcal disease in UK Caucasians. [PDF]

, 2003
To quantify the host genetic component of meningococcal disease (MD) susceptibility, the sibling risk ratio (lambdaS) was calculated as the ratio of observed MD cases among 845 siblings of 443 UK Caucasian cases to that expected, calculated from age ...
Haralambous, E, Hibberd, ML, Levin, M, Weiss, HA, Radalowicz, A, Booy, R   +5 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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