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The effect of sleep and shift work on the primary immune response to messenger RNA‐based COVID‐19 vaccination

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
Summary Shift work can cause circadian misalignment, which often results in sleeping problems and has been associated with immune dysfunction. To better understand the impact of shift work on a primary immune response to vaccination, we compared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)‐specific humoral and cellular immune responses ...
Tamara M. J. Brouwers, Ümmü Gülsüm Çobanoğlu, Daryl Geers, Wim J. R. Rietdijk, Lennert Gommers, Susanne Bogers, Gert Jan Lammers, Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst, Inês Chaves, Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel, Birgit C. P. Koch, Rory D. de Vries, Debbie van Baarle, Hugo M. van der Kuy, Heidi M. Lammers‐van der Holst   +14 more
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Heart damage during meningococcal infection

Лечащий Врач
Background. Meningococcal infection (MI) remains relevant in the modern world. In the Russian Federation, there is currently an increase in cases of meningococcal infection in the adult population.
A. A. Grishaeva, L. K. Alimova, A. M. Domkina, Zh. B. Ponezheva, V. V. Maleev   +4 more
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Meningococcal pneumonia: a review

Pneumonia, 2019
Background Although Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis, meningococcal pneumonia is the most common non-neurological organ disease caused by this pathogen.
Charles Feldman, Ronald Anderson
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The changing face of meningococcal infection

Clinical Infection in Practice, 2021
Menigococcal infection is caused by Neisseria meningitidis, a Gram negative diplococci. Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is caused by 6 capsular groups. The spectrum of infection is broad, with meningitis and meningococcal sepsis associated with a case fatality of between 4 and 20%.
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Serogroup W-135 Meningococcal Disease during the Hajj, 2000

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
An outbreak of serogroup W-135 meningococcal disease occurred during the 2000 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Disease was reported worldwide in Hajj pilgrims and their close contacts; however, most cases were identified in Saudi Arabia.
Jairam R. Lingappa, Abdullah M. Al-Rabeah, Rana Hajjeh, Tajammal Mustafa, Adel Fatani, Tami Al-Bassam, Amira Badukhan, Abdulhafiz Turkistani, Nassen Al-Hamdan, Mohamed Al-Jeffri, Yaqoub Al Mazrou, Bradley A. Perkins, Tanja Popovic, Leonard W. Mayer, Nancy E. Rosenstein   +14 more
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Herpesviruses, as a possible cause complicated course of invasive meningococcal disease (clinical case)

Журнал инфектологии, 2016
The article describes the clinical case of meningococcal infections, complicated with the development of reactive arthritis. It highlights possible pathogenetic mechanisms of aseptic inflammation in combined meningococcal and herpesvirus infections.
N. V. Skripchenko, A. A. Vilnits, A. S. Drap, I. A. Ivashchenko   +3 more
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Neisseria meningitidis Sequence Type and Risk for Death, Iceland

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Invasive meningococcal infections are hyperendemic in Iceland, a relatively isolated country in the mid-Atlantic. We performed a nationwide study on all viable meningococcal strains (N = 362) from 1977 to 2004.
Magnús Gottfreðsson, Mathew A. Diggle, David I. Lawrie, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Hjördís Harðardóttir, Karl G. Kristinsson, Stuart C. Clarke   +6 more
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles: From Physics to Clinical

MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
A review of an introduction to the mechanisms of formation of OMVs, their action on bacteria and relationship to disease, vaccines, biomonitoring, drug delivery and regenerative medicine in the clinic. ABSTRACT Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are nanoscale vesicular structures naturally produced by Gram‐negative bacteria during growth.
Jun Zhou, Shuang Zou, Derong Dai, Liqing He, Xingyu Mou, Ninglin Zhao, Hong Li, Rui Bao   +7 more
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Fatal meningococcal meningitis in a HIV-infected patient caused by serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis belonging to the non-hypervirulent clonal complex ST-60 (cc60)

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Meningococcal strains belonging to clonal complex cc60 are not associated with hypervirulent lineages and were never reported as causing disease in Latin American countries.
Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Biologist, Denise Cotrim da Cunha, MD, Veronica Cavalcanti, Biologist, Ivano de Filippis   +3 more
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Immunoelectroosmophoresis in the diagnosis of meningococcal infections [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1972
Specimens of cerebrospinal fluid and serum from 22 cases of meningococcal infection were examined by immunoelectroosmophoresis and the results compared with those obtained by microscopy and culture. The results were the same except that three of 10 cases of group B infection were not diagnosed by immunoelectroosmophoresis and two of 10 cases of group C
D. M. Jones, Barbara M. Tobin
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