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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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Post vaccinal temporary sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]

, 2018
In our systematic research we identified four studies concerning the onset of neurological adverse events following vaccination and two excluding this association.
De Cesare, Donato Pompeo, De Marco, Federica, Di Folco, Francesco, Di Luca, Natale Mario, Massoni, Francesco, Ricci, Serafino, Sacco, Carmina, Tomei, Francesco, Tomei, Gianfranco   +8 more
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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, Acosta, Armando, Campa, Concepcion, Cardoso, Daniel, Fernandez, Sonsire, Ferro, Valerie, Garcia, Luis, Perez, Jose Luis, Rosenqvist, Einar, Sarmiento, Maria Elena, Zayas, Caridad   +10 more
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Neisseria meningitidis IgA1-specific serine protease exhibits novel cleavage activity against IgG3

Virulence, 2021
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is a common bacterial colonizer of the human nasopharynx but can occasionally cause very severe systemic infections with rapid onset.
Christian Spoerry, Jens Karlsson, Marie-Stephanie Aschtgen, Edmund Loh   +3 more
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Neisseria Meningitidis Urethritis in a Thai Male

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2021
Although Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) urogenital infections have been reported widely, meningococcal urethritis has not been reported previously in Thailand.
Jaray Tongtoyai, Nongkran Tatakham, Thitima Cherdtrakulkiat, Pachara Sirivongrangson, Andrew Hickey   +4 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., Barbui A. M., Bernaschi P., Bisbano A., Chironna M., Ciammaruconi A., De Nittis R., Fazio C., Galanti I. A., Giammanco A., Isola P., Mencacci A., Neri A., Pagani E., Stefanelli P., Vacca P., Vocale C.   +16 more
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Caracterização epidemiológica da doença meningocócica na área metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1976 a 1994 Epidemiological characterization of meningococcal disease in a metropolitan area in Southeastern Brazil, 1976-1994

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1997
INTRODUÇÃO: A doença meningocócica (DM) continua merecendo avaliações quanto a sua multicausalidade endêmica e epidêmica e seu comportamento evolutivo, nos diferentes locais.
Silvana Granado N. Gama, Keyla B. Feldman Marzochi, Getúlio Borges da Siveira Filho   +2 more
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Is primary meningococcal arthritis in children more frequent than we expect? Two pediatric case reports revealed by molecular test

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Primary meningococcal arthritis is a rare infectious disease that occurs in less than 3% of meningococcal infections and is characterized by arthritis without meningitis, fever, rash, or hemodynamic instability Barahona [Case Rep Orthop ...
S. Ricci, A. Montemaggi, F. Nieddu, D. Serranti, G. Indolfi, M. Moriondo, C. Azzari   +6 more
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Morbidity status for selected vaccine-preventable infections in the Irkutsk region in different periods of vaccine prevention

Acta Biomedica Scientifica
Background. The success of vaccination prevention at the present stage is undeniable. However, the epidemiological features of individual infections dictate the need of optimizing this preventive measure.
T. A. Bayanova
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Public policy for meningococcal vaccination

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
On an individual basis, meningococcal disease is consistently shown to be one of the most feared potential childhood infections. On a population level, any clustering of cases or increase in disease requires proactive health protection management, while ...
J. Claire Cameron
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