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Meningococcal conjugate vaccines: optimizing global impact

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2011
Andrew Terranella1,2, Amanda Cohn2, Thomas Clark2 1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Sciences, Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office, 2Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, National Center for ...
Terranella A, Cohn A, Clark T
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Engineering Bacteria for Medicine: Delivery, Diagnosis, and Therapy

iMetaMed, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT With rapid advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering, genetically engineered bacteria (GEB) have emerged as a promising platform for biological therapy, addressing key limitations of conventional drug delivery systems and demonstrating significant clinical potential.
Shiyu Xia, Guiling Fu, Xiaoyue Ding, Wen Yang, Ruijie Bai, Yawei Cai, Jing xuan Zhang, Yanxia Wei, Conghui Han, Yi‐Zhou Gao, Ying Li, Zuobin Zhu   +11 more
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Meningococcal disease serogroup C

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2012
Félix O Dickinson1, Antonio E Pérez1, Iván E Cuevas21Department of Epidemiology, “Pedro Kourí” Institute, Havana, Cuba; 2Pharmacovigilance Group, Finlay Institute, Havana, CubaAbstract ...
Cuevas IE, Pérez AE, Dickinson FO   +2 more
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Meningococcal arthritis and myopericarditis: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background We report the first adult case of Neisseria meningitidis W-135 presenting with meningococcal arthritis and myopericarditis concomitantly, without other classical features of meningococcal disease.
Lloyd Steele, Katie Bechman, Eoghan De Barra, Charles Mackworth-Young   +3 more
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Characteristics of and meningococcal disease prevention strategies for commercially insured persons receiving eculizumab in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionEculizumab is a licensed treatment for several rare, complement-mediated diseases. Eculizumab use is associated with an approximately 2,000-fold increased meningococcal disease risk.
Catherine H Bozio, Cheryl Isenhour, Lucy A McNamara   +2 more
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Greater Cochlear Damage in Otogenic Versus Meningogenic Meningitis: Hearing Rehabilitation Implications

The Laryngoscope, Volume 136, Issue 9, Page 3998-4005, September 2026.
Otogenic route of meningitis was associated with greater cochlear hair cell loss in comparison with the meningogenic one in this otopathology study. Neuronal depletion has been traditionally implicated in failed hearing rehabilitation of post‐meningitis deafness.
Matheus Pedrosa Tavares, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Rafael da Costa Monsanto, Nevra Keskin‐Yilmaz, Breno Lima de Almeida, Norma de Oliveira Penido   +5 more
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Las vacunas conjugadas contra la enfermedad meningococica causadas por los serogrupos A, C, W-135, Y

VacciMonitor, 2009
Review the current evidence on available and candidate quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines. Methods: A comprehensive overview of data on the currently available A-C-W135-Y meningococcal vaccine and the results of late stage development of novel
Marcos Aurelio P. Sáfadi
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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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Past and Present Vaccinations in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
Sven Arne Silfverdal
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How Do Climatic Factors Directly Influence the Incidence and Risk of Meningococcal Meningitis Across the African Meningitis Belt? A Narrative Literature Review

GeoHealth, Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2026.
Abstract Globally, the highest incidence of meningococcal meningitis occurs within the African meningitis belt, spanning 26 countries across sub‐Saharan Africa. Meningococcal meningitis incidence is highly seasonal in this region specifically, with outbreaks mostly occurring during the dry season, characterized by low rainfall and atmospheric humidity,
Molly Cliff, Kanny Diallo, Richard B. Yapi, Axelle B. D. Tano, Sally Jahn, Caroline M. Wainwright, Caroline Trotter   +6 more
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