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Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions. [PDF]

, 2011
Advances in sequencing technology and genome-wide association studies are now revealing the complex interactions between hosts and pathogen through genomic variation signatures, which arise from evolutionary co ...
C Herdtweck, C Loscos, C Sik-Lányi, F Yan, G Xing, GJ Ward, H Kolivand, H Kolivand, Hoshang Kolivand, J Blinn, J Hensley, K Jacobs, K Kaneda, K Kilteni, K Tadamura, KL Wilson, Kolivand, L Hosek, M Aittala, M Haller, M Kanbara, M Knecht, M Slater, M Sunar, Mohd Shahrizal Sunar, MS Sunar, MZ Shao, N Greene, P Debevec, R Azuma, R Ji, R Ji, R Kittler, R Kittler, R Kittler, R Klassen, R Perez, RC Yeoh, Rongrong Ji, S Gibson, S Lee, T Annen, T Guan, T Naemura, T Nishita, W Donnelly, W Hartmann, W Reeves, Y Dobashi, Y Dobashi, Y Feng, Y Liu, Y Liu, Z Noh   +53 more
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Detection of the United States Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade in the United Kingdom, August and December 2019 - emergence of multiple antibiotic resistance calls for vigilance. [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2015 in the United States (US), the US Neisseria meningitidis urethritis clade (US_NmUC) has caused a large multistate outbreak of urethritis among heterosexual males.
Borrow, R, Brooks, A, Campbell, H, Campbell, L, Fifer, H, Gray, S, Hughes, G, Ladhani, SN, Lekshmi, A, Lucidarme, J, Ramsay, ME, Rayment, M, Schembri, G   +12 more
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Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed ...
Clark, Thomas A, Cohn, Amanda C, Farley, Monica M, Hall, H Irene, Harris, Christine M, Harrison, Lee H, Lee, Adria, Li, Jianmin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica R, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry M, Zell, Elizabeth   +17 more
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A Double Whammy Pneumonia: The First Reported Case of Concurrent and SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022
Meningococcal pneumonia (MP) is a rare manifestation of meningococcal disease. The MP was first described in 1907 when Neisseria meningitidis (NM) isolates were identified in sputum samples obtained from soldiers with pneumonia.
Michael Valdez MD, Rupam Sharma MD, Jaspreet Joshi MS4, Harleen Sandhu MD, Shikha Mishra MD, Rasha Kuran MD, Arash Heidari MD   +6 more
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Exploring the Ability of Meningococcal Vaccines to Elicit Mucosal Immunity: Insights from Humans and Mice

Pathogens, 2021
Neisseria meningitidis causes a devastating invasive disease but is also a normal colonizer of the human nasopharynx. Due to the rapid progression of disease, the best tool to protect individuals against meningococcal infections is immunization. Clinical
Elissa G. Currie, Scott D. Gray-Owen
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Transmissibility and pathogenicity of the emerging meningococcal serogroup W sequence type-11 complex South American strain: a mathematical modeling study

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background The recent emergence of strains belonging to the meningococcal serogroup W (MenW) sequence type-11 clonal complex and descending from the South American sub-lineage (MenW:cc11/SA) has caused significant shifts in the epidemiology of ...
Matthieu Domenech de Cellès, Helen Campbell, Ray Borrow, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Lulla Opatowski   +4 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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Differences in IgG Fc Glycosylation Are Associated with Outcome of Pediatric Meningococcal Sepsis

mBio, 2018
Pediatric meningococcal sepsis often results in morbidity and/or death, especially in young children. Our understanding of the reasons why young children are more susceptible to both the meningococcal infection itself and a more fulminant course of the ...
Noortje de Haan, Navin P. Boeddha, Ebru Ekinci, Karli R. Reiding, Marieke Emonts, Jan A. Hazelzet, Manfred Wuhrer, Gertjan J. Driessen   +7 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Meningococcal Disease Burden in India

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2020
Introduction Meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis has a high case fatality rate. Of 12 distinct serogroups, A, B, C, W-135 (W) and Y cause the majority of infections.
Ashok Kumar Dutta, Subramanian Swaminathan, Veronique Abitbol, Shafi Kolhapure, Sripriya Sathyanarayanan   +4 more
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Penicillin Use in Meningococcal Disease Management: Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, 2009. [PDF]

, 2016
In 2009, in the Active Bacterial Core surveillance sites, penicillin was not commonly used to treat meningococcal disease. This is likely because of inconsistent availability of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and ease of use of third-generation ...
Anderson, Raydel, Blain, Amy, Clark, Thomas, Cohn, Amanda, Farley, Monica, Harcourt, Brian, Harrison, Lee, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica, Mandal, Sema, Mayer, Leonard, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Sue, REINGOLD, Arthur L., Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry, Zansky, Shelley   +18 more
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