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Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2007
The Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana lies in the African "meningitis belt" where epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have been reoccurring every eight to 12 years for the last 100 years.
Julia Leimkugel, Abraham Hodgson, Abudulai Adams Forgor, Valentin Pflüger, Jean-Pierre Dangy, Tom Smith, Mark Achtman, Sébastien Gagneux, Gerd Pluschke   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐World Effectiveness and Safety of Ravulizumab in Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Evidence From the International PNH Registry

American Journal of Hematology, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 939-948, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Ravulizumab, a second‐generation complement component 5 inhibitor (C5i) derived from eculizumab, with improved pharmacokinetics, is the current standard‐of‐care treatment for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), where available.
Alexander Röth, Christopher J. Patriquin, Jeff Szer, Louis Terriou, Ami S. Patel, Jesse Metzger, Philippe Gustovic, Jun‐ichi Nishimura, Robert A. Brodsky   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Meningitis Burden and Projections to 2040: A Secondary Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Meningitis remains a global health challenge, characterized by substantial regional and etiologic disparities. This study aimed to analyze recent trends, forecast future burden, and examine the influence of development status on meningitis outcomes.
Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha, Ali Saberi Shahrbabaki, Fatemeh Masaebi, Mahmoud Zamani, Farid Zayeri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Windscreen wiper fluid without added screenwash in motor vehicles: a newly identified risk factor for Legionnaires' disease.

, 2010
A source of infection is rarely identified for sporadic cases of Legionnaires' disease. We found that professional drivers are five times more commonly represented among community acquired sporadic cases in England and Wales than expected.
Isabel Oliver, Kafatos, George, Wallensten, Anders, Anders Wallensten, Katherine Ricketts, George Kafatos, Stuart, James M, Ricketts, Katherine, Carol Joseph, Stuart, James M., Oliver, Isabel, Joseph, Carol, James M. Stuart   +12 more
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Emergence and Genomic Characterization of a Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate From a New Clone in Brazil

Microbiology and Immunology, Volume 70, Issue 5, Page 261-267, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) has emerged globally as a major public health concern, often associated with severe community‐acquired and healthcare‐associated human infections. Despite alerts from PAHO/WHO on convergent hvKp strains with multidrug resistance in Latin America, comprehensive data from Brazil, the region's largest ...
Carlos Henrique Camargo, Ana Beatriz Nascimento Costa, Amanda Yaeko Yamada, Daniel de Sena Miranda, Pedro Smith Pereira Ferraro, Andreia Rodrigues de Souza, Amanda Maria de Jesus Bertani, Karoline Rodrigues Campos, Marlon Benedito Nascimento Santos, Rafaela Mastrangelo Rissetti, Carolina Lechinski de Paula, Patrik Júnior de Lima Paz, Maria Solange Duarte Soares, Christiane Salvador, Giovanna de Pinho Pieri, Jorge Siguemassa Higa, Daniela dos Santos Souza, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Claudio Tavares Sacchi, Monique Ribeiro Tiba‐Casas, Geraldine Madalosso, Denise Brandao de Assis   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study

, 2006
Objective: To examine biological and social risk factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents. Design: Prospective, population based, matched cohort study with controls matched for age and sex in 1:1 matching.
Stuart, J.M., Kaczmarski, E., Tully, J., Coen, P.G., Klein, N., Peckham, C., Viner, R.M., Zambon, M., Booth, C., Booy, R.   +9 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
doaj  

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
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial: Meningococcal disease

Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 2001
This article published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 3, August 2001 contains an editorial on meningococcal disease.
P, Roche, J, Spencer, A, Marianos
openaire   +2 more sources