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Recommendations for the use of meningococcal vaccines in South Africa
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background: Although meningococcal disease (MD) incidence in South Africa is low, Neisseria meningitidis (NM) causes severe disease that is often life-threatening and can cause long-term disabilities.
Susan Meiring +4 more
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Meningococcemia in a vaccinated child receiving eculizumab and review of the literature
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background. Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare and severe disease characterized by uncontrolled activation and dysregulation of the alternative complement pathway and development of thrombotic microangiopathy. Eculizumab, which is
Diana Üçkardeş +5 more
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Clinical Case of Repeated Generalized Infection and Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child
Педиатрическая фармакология, 2021 Background. Meningococcal disease is socially significant, deadly infectious disease characterized by severe and unpredictable course. Clinical case description.
Mariya S. Vedyashkina +3 more
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Cocirculation of Hajj and non-Hajj strains among serogroup W meningococci in Italy, 2000 to 2016 [PDF]
, 2019 In Italy, B and C are the predominant serogroups among meningococci causing invasive diseases. Nevertheless, in the period from 2013 to 2016, an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) was observed.
Arghittu M. +16 more
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The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges [PDF]
, 2019 Each year millions of pilgrims perform the annual Hajj from more than 180 countries around the world. This is one of the largest mass gathering events and may result in the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.
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Treatment of Meningococcal Disease [PDF]
Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016 Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection that may progress rapidly, even after appropriate treatment has commenced. Early suspicion of the diagnosis is vital so that parenteral antibiotic treatment can be administered as soon as possible to reduce the complications of infection.
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]
, 2014 Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo +10 more
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Validation of the Vaccination Confidence Scale: A Brief Measure to Identify Parents at Risk for Refusing Adolescent Vaccines [PDF]
, 2016 Objective To validate a brief measure of vaccination confidence using a large, nationally representative sample of parents. Methods We analyzed weighted data from 9018 parents who completed the 2010 National Immunization Survey–Teen, an annual ...
Brewer, Joseph M. +5 more
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Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.Riliprubart is a second‐generation, humanized immunoglobulin G4 that inhibits only the activated form of the C1s component of the proximal classical complement pathway. The clinical studies of riliprubart conducted thus far for the treatment of cold agglutinin disease (CAD), a rare autoimmune disease, include a Phase 1 first‐in‐human study in healthy ...
Timothy Chow +3 more
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Modelling count data with overdispersion and spatial effects [PDF]
, 2005 In this paper we consider regression models for count data allowing for overdispersion in a Bayesian framework. We account for unobserved heterogeneity in the data in two ways. On the one hand, we consider more flexible models than a common Poisson model
Czado, Claudia, Gschlößl, Susanne
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